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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... problems are confined to a small minority ( HMIC , 1999a ) . However , the consistency of the themes across national and criminal justice system boundaries provides compelling evidence that the problems confronting policing are neither ...
... problems coping with rising demand . For , although their approach relies on solving problems by identifying clusters , the demand payback is balanced by the effort of achieving solutions to complex problems , most of which require a ...
Peter Neyroud, Alan Beckley. • Although there were problems with cost and staffing , with securing police co - operation with independent investigators and with the problems of dual investigation , 3 these were outweighed by the benefits ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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