Police in Transition

by Kadar, Andras

• ISBN13: 9789639241152
• ISBN10: 9639241156
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Ceu Pr Kis-Buda Ctr Nonprofit Kft

Summary

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. 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

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(14)
Ferenc Koszeg
Police and Transition
The Questions of Transition	15	(4)
Istvan Szikinger
The Impact of Transition: A Comparison of Post-Communist Societies with Earlier `Societies in Transition'	19	(20)
Robert I. Mawby
Comparative Studies and Country Analyses
Police Organization and Accountability: A Comparative Study	39	(32)
Renate Weber
The Police in the Constitutional Framework: The Limits of Policing	71	(18)
Andrzej Rzeplinski
Policing in Transition Countries Compared with Standards in the European Union: Hungary-Where Dreams Are Not Fulfilled	89	(14)
Miklos Benke
Police Governance in Romania	103	(12)
Manuela Stefanescu
The Challenges of Transition as Seen by the Police
The Romanian Police and Challenges of Transition	115	(16)
Pavel Abraham
The Political Changeover and the Police	131	(26)
Geza Finszter
Models of Policing
Policing a Diversity of Cultures: Community Policing in Transforming Societies	157	(20)
Alan Wright
Target Areas of Police Reform	177	(10)
Anita Hazenberg
Oversight and Accountability
The Role of NGOs in Civilian Oversight of the Police	187	(10)
Mark A. Gissiner
Monitoring Police Detention: Experiences with Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Agencies	197	(6)
Ferenc Koszeg
The Police and Non-Governmental Organizations in Poland	203	(18)
Andrzej Kremplewski
Civil Liability and Police Accountability in the United States	221	(10)
Jerome H. Skolnick
Police Brutality
Police Brutality and Police Torture	231	(8)
Budimir Babovic
Addressing Police Violence in Bulgaria: The Human Relations Perspective	239	(14)
Svetlozar Vassilev
Appendices
The Budapest Recommendations	247	(6)
List of Contributors	253	(2)
Index	255