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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... actions of the officers in Case Study 1 , if , after weighing up the consequences of using some more coercive tactics , they concluded that such tactics were most likely to save the girl's life and that this was a ' better ' outcome ...
... actions from outcomes by the intervention of team actions and role actions ( such as the actions of a police officer when acting in that role ) enhance that confusion . In short , our moral identity has become divided and separated from ...
... actions ( Fitzgerald , 1999 ) . Threats • Article 14 challenges under the Human Rights Act . • Breach of the provisions of the Race Relations Act . · Insecurity and low morale of officers concerned about complaints , civil claims and ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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