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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... Stephen Lawrence ( 1999 ) ; • Alderson ( 1998 ) , whose book was actually entitled Principled Policing ; • The Patten Report ( 1999 ) on policing in N. Ireland . It is possible to place their principles side by side and compare them ...
... Stephen Lawrence's death , including the treatment of Stephen's family , the victim and witness support , family liaison , the failure of many officers involved in the case to recognise the racial motivation of the crime and the general ...
... Stephen Lawrence Inquiry . London : HMSO . MacLaughlin , E. ( 1991 ) ' Police accountability and black people : into the 1990s ' , in Cashmore , E. and McLaughlin , E. ( eds . ) Out of Order ? Policing Black People . London : Routledge ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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