Smart societies pose new challenges for police organizations. Demands for more efficiency and effectiveness test police organizations which are often resistant to change. This book uses the concept of the abstract police to describe the way in which police organizations have tried to adapt to these new evolutions and the consequences. The chapters stem from a conference called "Street Policing in a Smart Society" which sought to frame and analyse these developments in policing. In this book, the concept of the abstract police is introduced, analysed and then challenged from different angles, looking at the evolutions related to technology, plural policing, police discretion and police decision making. As such, the book is a reflection of current debates on policing and police organization, aiming to give input to the debate by providing new insights on police and police work.

The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern ports. Ports are where contemporary societal dilemmas converge: the (de)regulation of international flows; the (in)visible impact of globalization; the perennial tension between trade and security; and the thin line between legitimate, illicit and illegal. Applying a multidisciplinary lens to the political economy of port security, this book presents a unique outlook on the social, economic and political factors that shape organized crime and governance. Advancing the research agenda, this text bridges the divide between global and local, and theory and practice.

Reviewing European policy with respect to different phases in the criminal justice chain, the contributions in this book range from looking into the extension of criminalization in the sphere of trafficking in human beings and labor exploitation, to the operability of cross-border execution of sentences involving deprivation of liberty. Most contributions look into the need to develop a conceptual framework to support future policy making, pointing to the lack thereof with respect to liability of legal persons, ne bis in idem as an EU principle, cross-border effect of disqualifications, and cooperation with private security actors. One essay looks into the public expenditure in different phases of the criminal justice chain, based on a case study on the public expenditure of Belgian drug policy. Additionally, from a historical and comparative perspective, the book analyzes specific European and Chinese interrogation rules to provide a solid context for the current situation and to support future legal reforms. (Series: Governance of Security (GofS) Research Paper - Vol. 7)

In today's globalized society, an international exchange of ideas and views is indispensable within the field of social sciences, including criminology and criminal justice studies. The research group Governance of Security (GofS) fosters contemporary international discourses on issues of crime and crime control. In 2008, GofS started a research paper series, combining theoretical and empirical articles on issues reflecting the research activities of GofS. This research group is a collaboration between Ghent University and Ghent University College in Belgium. GofS concentrates its research around the study of administrative and judicial policy that have been developed with respect to new issues of crime and insecurity. The GofS series Governance of Security Research Papers (GofS) is published by Maklu Publishing (Belgium). Readings on Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Policing Volume 2 of GofS's series Governance of Security Research Papers includes the following: Punishment across Borders: The Rationales behind International Execution of Sentences Interpreting the Concept of 'Discretionary Power' within the Execution of Sentences: A Comparison between the Belgian and French Situation Esperanto for EU Crime Statistics: Towards Common European Offense Definitions in an EU-level Offense Classification System Developing a Framework for the Legal Rights of Victims and Witnesses What Can European Institutions and the International Criminal Court Learn from Each Other? Purpose Limitation in EU-US Data Exchange in Criminal Matters: The Remains of the Day Some Criminal Law Reflections on the Sexual Transmission of HIV Reading about Crime in Post-Intervention Societies: A Critical Assessment Policing and Leadership: The Case of the Belgian Chiefs of the Local Police Reflections on the Possible Integration of Intelligence-Led Policing into Community Policing: The Belgian Case Reliability and Correlational Validity of Police Interview Competences: Assessing the Stability of the Police Interview Competency Inventory The Role of Europol in Joint Investigation Teams: A Foretaste of an Executive European Police Office? Checking Aspects of a "Nodal Orientation" for Policing the Port of Antwerp.