Police Powers and Accountability in a Democratic Society: Proceedings, Reports Presented to the 12th Criminological Colloquium (1999)

Police Powers and Accountability in a Democratic Society: Proceedings, Reports Presented to the 12th Criminological Colloquium (1999)
ISBN-10
9287145164
ISBN-13
9789287145161
Category
Political Science
Pages
162
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
Council of Europe
Authors
Council of Europe, European Committee on Crime Problems

Description

The position of the police in both the old democracies and in societies in transition is affected by occasional conflicting legal and professional standards for police work, increasing public expectations, changing crime patterns, stricter standards of effectiveness and accountability and, frequently, inadequacies in the available financial and other resources. This publication contains papers on topics such as: the control of police powers; the prevention of police corruption; powers and accountability of private police; police and the public.

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