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List of contents
Foreword. Opening Speech
Péter Boross.
Topic I. Social Changes, Crime and Police - Introductory Report
József Vigh. The British Policing Tradition: Model or Myth?
Robert Reiner. Human Rights and the Right of the Police to Use Physical Force
Knut Sveri.
Topic II. The Effect of Social Changes Upon Crime
Uwe Ewald. Emerging Problems of Official Social Control in Finland
Kauko Aromaa. Criminal Violence in Modern Brazilian Society
Sergio Adorno. Social Changes, Crime and Police in the Former GDR - Now a Part of the United Germany
Erich Buchholz. Problems of Controlling Organizational Crime
Ahti Laitinen.
Topic III. The Effect of Social Changes on the Police
Sándor Pintér. Relationship Between the Hungarian Police and Society
Valér Dános and István Tauber. A Note of Caution on Uncritical Cooperation in the Development of Police
Jorgen Jepsen. The Police and Stereotypes of Ethnic Minorities
Michael Rowe. Social Change, Police and Protection
Philip Rawlings & Betsy Stanko.
Topic IV. Police Co-operation and Border Controls in a "New" Europe; an Indication of Trends for Change
Mike King. The Role of the Police and its Co-operation in Europe
László Salgó. Changing the Police: Preliminary Thoughts as Eastern Europe Moves West
Rob I. Mawby.
Topic V. Transition in Middle-Europe, Questions about Crime-Prevention and Crime Policy
Ferenc Irk. Social Change and Crime in Italy
Giovanni Battista Traverso. Attitudes of the Chechoslovak Public towards the Police after 1989 in Light of Empirical Investigations
Josef Zapletal and Mikulaš Tomin. Concluding Remarks
Louise Shelley. List of Authors. Name Index.
Summary
First published in 1995, this title studies the relationship of social change and crime, the role of the police amidst changing social conditions, and the reaction of society and state to the criminal problem. Examining the essential differences and challenges which confronted countries in Europe after the collapse of the socialist system.
