Police in Transition : : Essays on the Police Forces in Transition Countries / / ed. by András Kádár.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Abraham, Pavel,; Babovic, Budimir,; Benke, Miklös,; Finszter, Geza,; Gissiner, Mark A.,; Hazenberg, Anita,; Koszeg, Ferenc,; Kremplewski, Andrzej,; Mawby, Robert I,; Rzeplinski, Andrzej,; Skolnick, Jerome H,; Stefanescu, Manuela,; Szikinger, Istvan,; Vassilev, Svetlozar,; Weber, Renate,; Wright, Alan,
• HerausgeberIn: Kádár, András,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 p.)

The police forces of the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe have to undergo profound reform to be able to respond to the needs of society; to serve the public and not just the government, and to prove that they can effectively combat crime. This volume is the result of a survey by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee concerning the mode and extent of changes police forces of the post-communist countries have undergone since 1989 – 1990. Information is provided about the relevant tasks, organization, personnel, accountability, and international relations of the national police forces and about the coercive measures they are entitled to use. Written by internationally acknowledged experts of policing and representatives of human-rights organizations, Police in Transition deals with the questions of transition, European trends in the governance of the police, the relationship between police and criminality, the role of the police in the constitutional framework, the limits of policing, police brutality, civilian oversight of the police and the possibilities of a democratic reform of police forces in Central and Eastern Europe.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- POLICE AND TRANSITION -- The Questions of Transition -- The Impact of Transition: A Comparison of Post-Communist Societies with Earlier 'Societies in Transition' -- COMPARATIVE STUDIES AND COUNTRY ANALYSES -- Police Organization and Accountability: A Comparative Study -- The Police in the Constitutional Framework: The Limits of Policing -- Policing in Transition Countries Compared with Standards in the European Union: Hungary—Where Dreams Are Not Fulfilled -- Police Governance in Romania -- THE CHALLENGES OF TRANSITION AS SEEN BY THE POLICE -- The Romanian Police and the Challenges of Transition -- The Political Changeover and the Police -- MODELS OF POLICING -- Policing a Diversity of Cultures: Community Policing in Transforming Societies -- Target Areas of Police Reform -- OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- The Role of NGOs in Civilian Oversight of the Police -- Monitoring Police Detention: Experiences with Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Agencies -- The Police and Non-Governmental Organizations in Poland -- Civil Liability and Police Accountability in the United States -- POLICE BRUTALITY -- Police Brutality and Police Torture -- Addressing Police Violence in Bulgaria: The Human Relations Perspective -- APPENDICES -- The Budapest Recommendations -- List of Contributors -- Index