Policing World Society

This book analyses the history of international police cooperation from the middle of the 19th century until World War II. It is a detailed exploration of international cooperation strategies involving police institutions from the United States and Germany, as well as other European countries. Analysis includes the internationalization of policing in the nineteenth century; the evolution of international policing from political to criminal objectives; the history of Interpol, and other international police organizations; implications of the nazification of the German police; the rise of the FBI; and police aspects involved with World War II and its aftermath.