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"In het Nederlandse taalgebied schrijven hoogleraren praktisch nooit hun memoires. Maar na een buitengewoon veelzijdige loopbaan en als man van de (academische) theorie en de (politionele en criminologische) praktijk vormt Cyrille Fijnaut een zeer welkome en leerrijke uitzondering op de regel. In 'Over grenzen' biedt hij een indringend en onthullend inzicht in zijn lange en unieke loopbaan op het kruispunt van wetenschap, beleid en actie in België en Nederland. Onder heel veel meer komen geruchtmakende en nog steeds actuele kwesties langs zoals de georganiseerde misdaad, de veiligheid en beveiliging van Pim Fortuyn en het onderzoek naar de Bende van Nijvel, die nog altijd de gemoederen bezighouden. Daarnaast laat hij duidelijk zien welke strijd moet worden geleverd om in de Lage Landen een academische loopbaan te ontplooien. Openhartig deelt hij de zeer uiteenlopende ervaringen die hij heeft opgedaan tijdens zijn lange carrière met het geven van colleges, het besturen van universiteiten, het verrichten van velerlei onderzoeken en het verlenen van diensten aan talrijke instellingen en verenigingen. Een boek ter lering en vermaak." --

The debate surrounding police and judicial cooperation in the European Union can be criticised for focussing too much on certain forms of cooperation or on specific cases. As a result, a thorough overview of what has been achieved in this area since the Maastricht Treaty?s entry into force in November 1993 is lacking. In contrast to the disjointed and mostly secret cooperation between police and judicial services in Europe prior to 1993, the current regime has established a coherent and transparent collaboration within the EU that can only be described as revolutionary.0This book discusses this peaceful revolution in light of the action programmes (the Brussels Programme, the Tampere Programme, the Hague Programme and the Stockholm Programme) which were drafted in concurrence with all major changes to the constitutional relations within the European Union: the Maastricht Treaty, the Amsterdam Treaty, the Nice Treaty, the Rome Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty. This programmatic approach makes it possible to present in a clear manner the imposing array of police and judicial agencies, facilities and networks (Europol, Schengen Information System, Eurojust, European Arrest Warrant, etc.) created through democratic processes with the aim of ensuring the security of the citizens of the European Union. In particular, the problems concerning the control of internal and external borders and with respect to the containment of terrorism demonstrate that this system urgently needs to be reinforced

Criminology and the Criminal Justice System is a book for everyone interested in the historical development of the ideas on crime and punishment and their impact on the criminal justice system and the fight against crime more widely. It is as much a book for students, researchers and policy makers, as it is for lawyers, magistrates, police officers, public prosecutors and social workers. It is also a book for a wider readership curious about the origins of the current approach to issues of crime and criminal justice. Never before has an introduction to criminology systematically dealt with its history from the sixteenth century up to the present day, as well as the institutions of the criminal justice system: the police, the judiciary, the prison system, rehabilitation and youth protection. This is the first published study not only to discuss the development of criminology and the criminal justice systems of Western Europe (Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy) but also to delve into the interplay with the evolution of the system in the United States from the end of the eighteenth century up to this day. In addition, the extensive bibliography and numerous illustrations make this textbook ideal for further study and more in-depth research as well as a pleasure to read

This book is the result of a conference which the editors, with the support of Dutch authorities, organized in October 22-26, 1990, in The Hague between the members of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force and Dutch officials and academics concerned with the topic. The contributors, on the one hand, stress the changing nature of organized crime and the mechanisms it utilizes to control legitimate industries. On the other hand, they emphasize and demonstrate the need for sophisticated pro-active strategies that differ from traditional reactive law enforcement approaches. This book is the first to systematically compare the American situation (New York) and the European situation (Netherlands); two urban areas which show many similarities