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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... accountability framework . The second part of the chapter will move from accountability in general to consider the complaints systems and corruption and misconduct . Here , after setting out some of the main aspects of corruption , we ...
... accountability is not an administrative tool but a moral principle of those to whom responsibility is given an account of their stewardship shall be required . ( Simey , 1985 ) Stewardship we have already defined as one of the key ...
... accountability , but also they each rely on very different methods to secure that accountability . Yet , in truth , police are accountable through a wide variety of mechanisms , which reflect elements of all three approaches . We ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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