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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... expectations direct to police forces through Police and Community Consultative Groups ( PCCGs ) . This stakeholding public is the sole beneficiary of the results of police performance and police behaviour in relation to ethics and human ...
... expectations can be expected to influence the behaviour of police officers and managers . While sanctions may result from trans- gression of ethical infringements , quantitative performance expectations may have a higher profile ...
... expectations about police performance . Such expectations ought to be reflected in the methods of control adopted and the performance management system that is inherent in those different methods of control . No consistency of purpose ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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