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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... of policing is vital in any debate about its ethics . It is particularly important at a time of organisational transition and crisis , which , like ... of policing: past, present and future Introduction Policing, government and the citizen.
... of crime . Our analysis of both the formal mission , the activity of policing and the public demand on policing indicate that simple descriptions of policing are likely to be either misleading or merely one aspect of the purposes of ...
... of policing to a ' professional ' force of constables ( Storch , 1999 , Reiner , 1985 ) . However , it took a number of years for police work to develop a ... of policing means that policing is a 74 Policing , Ethics and Human Rights.
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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