1st Edition

Challenges of Policing Democracies A World Perspective

By Dilip Das, Marenin Otwin Copyright 2000
    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this text, the editors analyze the diverse situations that police forces operate under and the challenges that they face in different kinds of democracies. This cross-cultural comparison of various systems highlights the universal observation that police are a anomaly in a democracy and explores how various influences-for example, large-scale social violence, a zeal for crime fighting, and vulnerability to temptation-often find police incapable of behaving in a democratic manner. Challenges of Policing Democracies goes beyond just showing the similarities and differences of the policing challenges democratic societies face, it also examines the responses and remedies adopted by police in various countries at different levels of democratic achievement and how every society struggles with the challenges of preserving democratic values without sacrificing the effectiveness of policing.

    Preface; Part 01 I Challenges of Policing Democracies; Section 01 1 Challenges of Policing Democracies: A World Perspective; Section 01 Dilip K. Das; Section 02 2 Policing in Democratic Societies: An Historical Overview; Section 02 Peter C. Kratcoski, with the assistance of Wojciech Cebulak; Part 02 II Country Perspectives; Section 03 3 Challenges of Policing Democracies: The Croatian Experience; Section 03 Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich; Section 04 4 Estonian Police; Section 04 Ando Leps; Section 05 5 The Challenges of Policing Democracy in Hungary; Section 05 Istvan Szikinger; Section 06 6 The Challenges of Policing Democracy in Poland; Section 06 Emil W. P?ywaczewski; Section 07 7 Challenges of Policing Democracies: The Russian Experience; Section 07 Yakov Gilinskiy; Section 08 8 Challenges Facing Democratic Policing in South Africa; Section 08 Jeffrey Lever and Elrena van der Spuy; Section 09 9 Challenges of Policing Democracies: The Case of Austria; Section 09 Maximilian Edelbacher and Gilbert Norden; Section 10 10 The Challenges of Policing Democracy: The British Experience; Section 10 Gregory J. Durston; Section 11 11 Challenges of Policing Democracies: The Dutch Experience; Section 11 Dann van de Meeberg and Alexis A. Aronowitz; Part 03 III Reflections on Challenges of Policing Democracies; Section 12 12 Democracy, Democratization, Democratic Policing; Section 12 Otwin Marenin; Part 04 IV Country Studies; Section 13 13 Policing Macedonia; Section 13 Dime Gurev; Section 14 14 Policing Democracy: The Slovenian Experience; Section 14 Jernej Videtic; Section 15 15 The Impact of Human Rights on Identity Checks by the Police: A Swiss Perspective; Section 15 Laurent Walpen; Index;

    Biography

    Dilip K. Das