The Declining Significance of Interpol: Policing International Terrorism After 9/11

IF 1.4 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY International Criminal Justice Review Pub Date : 2022-11-08 DOI:10.1177/10575677221136175
M. Deflem
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This paper discusses the current policies and strategies developed by Interpol to organize international police cooperation in matters of terrorism. While the role of police in international counterterrorism cannot be denied and can only be assumed to be more important today than ever before, evidence shows that Interpol has in recent years no longer placed a premium on terrorism among its objectives. Relying on the bureaucratization perspective of policing, Interpol’s relative decline in attention to terrorism is argued to have been brought about by factors both external and internal to the organization. Externally, the police of many nations, especially those with well-developed law enforcement organizations, prefer to work unilaterally or on the basis of smaller, temporary forms of international collaboration. Internally, moreover, Interpol has grown considerably in terms of membership but in a manner that might threaten its central objective to fight international crime by efficient means of cooperation. Related problems involve abuse of Interpol’s notice system as well as political and legal problems concerning the organization's leadership. As a result, among the most striking aspects of Interpol's development in recent years has been a relative but distinct decline in its once central focus on terrorism.
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国际刑警组织重要性的下降:9/11后的国际恐怖主义治安
本文讨论了国际刑警组织在恐怖主义问题上组织国际警察合作的现行政策和战略。虽然警察在国际反恐怖主义中的作用是不可否认的,而且只能认为今天比以往任何时候都更加重要,但有证据表明,国际刑警组织近年来不再把恐怖主义作为其目标之一。根据警务的官僚化观点,国际刑警组织对恐怖主义的关注度相对下降,被认为是由该组织的外部和内部因素造成的。在外部,许多国家的警察,特别是那些拥有发达执法机构的国家的警察,更喜欢单方面工作或在较小的临时国际合作形式的基础上工作。此外,在内部,国际刑警组织的成员数量有了很大的增长,但其增长的方式可能威胁到其通过有效的合作手段打击国际犯罪的中心目标。有关的问题包括滥用国际刑警组织的通知制度以及有关该组织领导的政治和法律问题。因此,近年来国际刑警组织发展中最引人注目的方面之一是,其一度以恐怖主义为中心的工作相对但明显地减少了。
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International Criminal Justice Review
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期刊介绍: International Criminal Justice Review is a scholarly journal dedicated to presenting system wide trends and problems on crime and justice throughout the world. Articles may focus on a single country or compare issues affecting two or more countries. Both qualitative and quantitative pieces are encouraged, providing they adhere to standards of quality scholarship. Manuscripts may emphasize either contemporary or historical topics. As a peer-reviewed journal, we encourage the submission of articles, research notes, and commentaries that focus on crime and broadly defined justice-related topics in an international and/or comparative context.
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