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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... mission ' of policing . • The ' present mission ' of policing . Rather than the formal mission this section will deal with the debate about what the police actually do as opposed to the formal mission . • The future purposes of policing ...
... mission . A history of the policing mission Dependence It was the first dimension - the constrained and limited executive - that dominated the first enunciation of the police mission , with the founding of the Metropolitan Police in ...
... mission has changed : Importantly , OAO envisages a mission which is multi - layered , clearly linked to values , has a strong emphasis on partnership and aims , which stresses not ' crime fighting ' but ' safety and justice ' . However ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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