Publisher's Synopsis
This work studies the relationship of social change and crime, the role of the police admist changing social conditions, and the reaction of society and the state to the criminal problem.;In recent years, many areas of Europe have experienced a period of rapid technological development which has changed economic and cultural structures, creating temporary instability. Within a relatively short period of time, traditional values and beliefs have been undermined. National boundaries and geographical differences have been gradually losing their significance and the opening of frontiers has created easier conditions for crime. The nature of crime itself has been transformed by the increasingly close relationships between countries.;The book also examines the kinds of new policing concepts which may be formulated and the new practices which may develop during the next few decades. Governments must determine the role of the police and the law in accordance with public demands for powerful policing combined with the individual's rights, the vital balance between personal freedom and social peace.
