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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... public policing lay claim to a monopoly on the use of force and no longer does it control the surveillance of public space . Private agencies are involved in running prisons , custody suites and detention centres , public space has ...
... policing being an indivisible public good . New public policing and new public management Traditional though policing may be at the core , it has not been unaffected by the wave of managerialism and ' new public management ' ( Hood ...
... public policing is hard , creating the ' virtuous circle ' even harder . In the managerialist vision public confidence will be won through ever - improving performance tables . However , this one - dimen- sional view of policing , with ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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