ABSTRACT
In relation to so-called intelligence-led policing (ILP), Danish police is admired by our neighboring countries. That [w]as something which became clear during [the European Crime Analysis] conference held in Copenhagen this January where researchers and police personnel from outside of Denmark complimented the Danish level of ILP work. Danish Police is, in this respect, on its way and a good step ahead of many others. This chapter looks at the convictions that underpins ILP work and the Danish police's international promotion of it. It is more of empirical than theoretical, unfolding as it seeks to describe an elsewise largely overlooked empirical reality. In a global criminal justice world increasingly known for its campaigning and commerciality, this seems important for (Nordic) criminological researchers to remember: that what is being marketed, by police forces or others, may not always be fully developed criminal justice competences and commodities but (also) convictions.
