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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... Police Service as a whole . The Police Department in the Home Office formulates national policy , while Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary ( HMIC ) carries out inspections of individual police forces . The role of HMIC was ...
... police and the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to the conduct of prosecutions . These non- Audit Commission PIs are summarised in Figure 6.7 . The dilemma facing police officers as to whether to prioritise performance management ...
... police officers than disadvantages . The research was able to identify a ... service , are breaking through the ' glass ceiling ' and reaching the ... police service has some way to go to catch up with these ratios , but there is slow and ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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