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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... interests and adopt the course of action most likely to maximise the interests of those affected ' ( Singer , 1993 : 13 ) . Singer's approach , by considering ' interests ' rather than ' pleasure and pain ' , pushes the individual to ...
... interests of the community at large ' ( Starmer , 1999 : 169 ) . It requires a police officer to balance the means proposed against the outcome intended , or in the words of the judgement in Handyside v . UK ( 1976 ) to ensure that any ...
... interests . The problem is exacerbated by the inability of either principal or agent to disentangle the separate effects of effort and chance on the results achieved . Consequently , there is an incentive for agents to minimise their ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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