Policing, Ethics and Human RightsWillan, 2001 - 240 pages Ethical and human rights issues have assumed an increasingly high profile in the wake of miscarriages of justice, racism (Lawrence Inquiry), incompetence and corruption - in both Britain and overseas. At the same time the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998 in England and Wales will have a major impact on policing, challenging many of the assumptions about how policing is carried out. This book aims to provide an accessible introduction to the key issues surrounding ethics in policing, linking this to recent developments and new human rights legislation. It sets out a powerful case for a modern 'ethical policing' approach. Policing, Ethics and Human Rights argues that securing and protecting human rights should be a major, if not the major, rationale for public policing. |
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... Commission PIs The Audit Commission PIs result from its responsibility ( under the Local Government Act , 1992 and the Audit Commission Act , 1998 ) to produce PIs that , by reference to cost , efficiency and effectiveness enable ...
... Commission and HMIC , as well as the Home Office itself . There are substantial ethical dimensions to many of these concerns : • The Home Office ( 1993a ) warned that PIs ' do not all measure performance ' ( emphasis added ) . This ...
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Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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