Policing the European Arrest Warrant: An empirical study of a transnational policing tool

博士论文探讨了警察在执行欧洲逮捕令（EAW）中的作用。它是在英格兰、苏格兰和北爱尔兰（英国的三个司法管辖区）以及爱尔兰、波兰和西班牙进行的广泛实地研究的产物。这篇论文将EAW理论化为一种跨国警务工具，同时也是一种司法合作的工具，这也是人们普遍认为的。通过绘制涉及签发、接收和执行逮捕令的复杂警察流程，本文证明了警察发挥着至关重要的作用，并认为将EAW概念化为一种警务工具可以更全面地了解该系统。该论文为跨国警务理论做出了贡献，增加了急需的经验证据，以发展对跨境警务领域复杂和重叠的权力结构的描述性描述。该奖学金旨在为研究人员的长期学术研究生涯做好准备。这将通过巩固博士研究并通过出版物、学术和专业会议上的演讲以及利益相关者研讨会活动最大化其影响来实现。活动方案旨在建立与相关学术和专业受众接触的独立撰写、高影响力出版物的记录。它为研究人员创造了建立学术和专业网络的机会，并为未来的研究测试和发展想法。研究人员还将获得相关的教学经验，交付核心本科模块，并将获得高等教育教学资格。最后，研究人员将根据该计划的博士工作和研讨会活动，为未来的研究制定资助建议。网络机会将使研究人员能够与相关利益相关者重新建立联系，并为开展未来的研究提供支持。进一步研究的建议将建立在博士学位的一个初步结论的基础上，该结论质疑警察行为者之间的信任基础是否与司法或政治行为者之间的信任基础不同，并邀请对信任在跨境警察合作中所起的作用进行详细的实证探索。博士论文和对未来研究的建议有可能影响整个欧盟的刑事司法政策和执法实践。英国脱欧代表了一个独特的机会，既可以最大限度地发挥博士结论的影响，又可以开发和开展新的研究，探索信任在支持正式政治关系不稳定的合作中所起的作用。随着英国离开欧盟并与其欧洲伙伴重新谈判刑事司法合作的法律基础，博士研究可以帮助政策制定者确定各方可能寻求复制的EAW的关键特征。与此同时，英国正在重组国内的引渡警务安排，博士和政策报告提供了地方警察部队现有程序的详细比较说明。这项工作可以帮助决策者和政策领导人确定现有系统的最佳做法和缺陷，为建立国家单位提供有价值的指导。

The PhD thesis explores the police role in the operation of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). It is the product of extensive field research which took place in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland (all three legal jurisdictions in the UK), as well as Ireland, Poland and Spain. The thesis theorises the EAW as a transnational policing tool, as well as a tool of judicial cooperation, which is how it is popularly conceived. By mapping the complex police processes involved in issuing, receiving and executing warrants the thesis demonstrates that the police play a crucial role and argues that conceptualising the EAW as a policing tool offers a more complete view of the system. The thesis contributes to transnational policing theories adding much needed empirical evidence to develop descriptive accounts of the complex and overlapping power structures that characterise the cross-border policing field. The fellowship aims to prepare the researcher for a long-term academic research career. This will be achieved by consolidating the PhD research and maximising its impact through publications, presentations at academic and professional conferences and through stakeholder workshop events. The programme of activities aims to establish a track record of sole-authored, high-impact publications that engage with relevant academic and professional audiences. It creates opportunities for the researcher to build academic and professional networks and to test and develop ideas for future research. The researcher will also gain relevant teaching experience, delivering a core undergraduate module and will gain a qualification in Teaching for Higher Education. Finally, the researcher will develop a funding proposal for future research following on from the PhD work and the workshop activities in this programme. The networking opportunities will allow the researcher to re-connect with relevant stakeholders and build support for access to conduct this future research. The proposal for further research will build on one of the tentative conclusions of the PhD that questions whether the foundations of trust between policing actors differ from those between judicial or political actors and invites a detailed empirical exploration of the role that trust plays in cross-border police cooperation.The PhD thesis and proposals for future research have the potential to influence criminal justice policy and law enforcement practice across the EU. Brexit represents a unique opportunity both to maximise the impact of the PhD conclusions and to develop and undertake new research to explore the role that trust plays in supporting cooperation where formal political relations are unstable. As the UK leaves the EU and renegotiates the legal basis for criminal justice cooperation with its European partners the PhD research can assist policy makers to identify key features of the EAW that the parties may seek to replicate. At the same time, the UK is restructuring the domestic arrangements for policing extradition and the PhD and policy report provide detailed comparative accounts of the processes that local police forces have in place. This work can help policy makers and policy leaders identify best practices and pitfalls of the existing systems, providing valueable guidance to be used when establishing a national unit.