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

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 th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (267 p.)
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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