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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Peter Neyroud, Alan Beckley. Covert policing The 1990s saw an increase in intelligence - based , ' proactive ' and covert forms of policing in the UK and Europe . There was a corresponding focus on and concern about the issues raised by ...
... covert operations were , therefore , un- acceptable ( Van Traa , 1996 ) . Like Marx ( 1988 : 89–107 ) , they recognised the ' complexity of virtue ' involved in such operations , a complexity which must necessarily ... covert policing?
... policing we identified in Chapter 1 , is a major flaw ( ICJ , 1999 ) . However , with RIPA and its Codes and Police Act 1997 , there is a reasonably comprehensive basis for ' legality ' to underpin covert policing and this is a vital ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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