NCJ Number
206198
Editor(s)
Milan Pagon
Date Published
2002
Length
769 pages
Annotation
This fourth volume in the series on "Policing in Central and Eastern Europe" focuses on various police-related themes that pertain to deviance, violence, and victimization.
Abstract
The six papers of Part I, "Core Issues and Challenges," pertain to police professional conduct and ethics, including police corruption, deviance, and violence among police officers, new and intrusive forms of policing, and the dynamics of deterrence in preventing youth gun violence. Part II, "The Changing Role of the Police," contains eight papers that examine the changing role of the police in Central and Eastern Europe, South Africa, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. Papers on general policing issues examine the transition from reactive to proactive policing and the value of research in promoting police respect for human rights. Nine papers compose Part III, "The Police Response to Deviance and Violence." Issues addressed include political violence, human trafficking in Southeastern Europe, police crime prevention, juvenile delinquency prevention, policing domestic violence, policing sexual assault, and the sociological aspects of prostitution in Slovenia. Seven papers address issues pertinent to police corruption, and four papers discuss aspects of the dynamics of deviance within the police. Other parts of the volume contain papers that focus on the victimological aspects of deviance and violence; terrorism, organized crime, and extremism; criminological, criminal, forensic, and environmental aspects of deviance and violence; and psychological and organizational aspects of policing deviance and violence. Chapter references, notes, and tables