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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... investigation without the use of covert methods ( Vahlenkamp and Hauer , 1996 ) . This raises a balancing ethical question about any law enforcement system which can only investigate simple cases or offenders lacking the sophistication ...
... investigation decides to place the clerk under surveillance and requests research on his private telephone calls . Both the surveillance and the telephone metering data reveal that the clerk makes regular contact with a member of a ...
... investigation of complaints , assess two of the proposed models and then look at the implications for tackling mis- conduct and corruption in the service . The Macpherson report recommended independent investigation of serious ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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