The Role of Strategic Intelligence in Law Enforcement: Policing Transnational Organized Crime in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia - Hardcover

by J. Coyne (Author)

This book analyzes how strategic intelligence can support decision-makers in national policing organizations to anticipate transnational organized crime (TOC). The authors examine case studies from Australia, Canada and the UK, and argue for the development of empirically-grounded intelligence theory to aid the policy process and law enforcement.

Author Biography

John Coyne is the Coordinator of Strategic Intelligence Services, Australian Federal Police. He has worked has worked as an intelligence professional at tactical, operational, and strategic levels across a range of public and private sector organizations for almost 20 years.

Peter Bell is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Australia. He has held senior intelligence positions with various law enforcement organizations, including the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (ABCI), the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia (OCABC).