Police in Transition: Essays on the Police Forces in Transition Countries

Table of contents

• Police in Transition i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments vii
• Introduction 1
• Police and Transition 13
• The Questions of Transition 15
• The Impact of Transition: A Comparison of Post-Communist Societies with Earlier 'Societies in Transition' 19
• Comparative Studies and Country Analyses 37
• Police Organization and Accountability: A Comparative Study 39
• The Police in the Constitutional Framework: The Limits of Policing 71
• Policing in Transition Countries Compared with Standards in the European Union: Hungary—where Dreams Are Not Fulfilled 89
• Police Governance in Romania 103
• The Challenges of Transition as Seen by the Police 113
• The Romanian Police and the Challenges of Transition 115
• The Political Changeover and the Police 131
• Models of Policing 155
• Policing a Diversity of Cultures: Community Policing in Transforming Societies 157
• Target Areas of Police Reform 177
• Oversight and Accountability 185
• The Role of Ngos in Civilian Oversight of the Police 187
• Monitoring Police Detention: Experiences with Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Agencies 197
• The Police and Non-Governmental Organizations in Poland 203
• Civil Liability and Police Accountability in the United States 221
• Police Brutality 229
• Police Brutality and Police Torture 231
• Addressing Police Violence in Bulgaria: The Human Relations Perspective1 239
• Appendices 245
• The Budapest Recommendations 247
• List of Contributors 253
• Index 255
• Police in Transition Cd-Rom 263

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