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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Page 83
... decision - making ' ( Kleinig , 1996b ) , provided four types : • Scope decisions • Interpretative decisions • Decisions about priority • Tactical decisions It might be helpful to illustrate these four dimensions by four case studies ...
... decision - making ' ( Kleinig , 1996b ) , provided four types : • Scope decisions • Interpretative decisions • Decisions about priority • Tactical decisions It might be helpful to illustrate these four dimensions by four case studies ...
Page 198
... decision making , especially in the use of discretion . Every decision on whether to arrest , search , and report for an offence or merely caution , use as an informant or obtain intelligence will require evidenced and justified decisions ...
... decision making , especially in the use of discretion . Every decision on whether to arrest , search , and report for an offence or merely caution , use as an informant or obtain intelligence will require evidenced and justified decisions ...
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... Decisions The management teams in the police service , like all publicly accountable organisations , make decisions that are not always to the taste of all the public they serve , nor to that of all their individual employees . At ...
... Decisions The management teams in the police service , like all publicly accountable organisations , make decisions that are not always to the taste of all the public they serve , nor to that of all their individual employees . At ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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