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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... force . There is no national police force in the United Kingdom , and each Chief Constable has constitutional in- dependence ( Fisher v . Oldham Corporation , 1930 : 2 KB 364 ) for operational matters in their force area . Chief ...
... force in policing has concentrated not on the intrinsic wrong but on the inevitability of police misconduct . Waddington ( 1999 : 158 ) has argued that police officers operate ' beyond the limits of respectability ' and ' repeatedly at ...
... force A clear framework of policy designed to minimise the use of force • A legal framework that emphasises ́reasonableness ' in balancing the ' intrusion ' of force with the necessity of action • Conflict management training ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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