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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... moral behaviour ' ( Honderich , 1995 ) and provide both the boundaries for morality and the pathways for proper ... moral life ) ( Pollock , 1998 : 3-4 ) . To Pollock's list it would be possible to add several more specific points ...
... moral rationality , or a requirement for the individual to think critically and make a genuine exercise of personal discretion ( Gensler , 1998 ) . Unsurprisingly , it is this second group that we will then use to try and formulate a ...
... moral history of the twentieth century ( Glover , 1999 ) . In particular , he discussed how , as warfare has become technological and politicians , strategists and major combatants have become distant from the results of their decisions ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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