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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... recruitment and selection campaigns is the recognition of emotional intelligence ( or EQ - emotional quotient ) in ... recruitment and selection of police officers ; but first the criteria must be established . We shall discuss several ...
... recruiting . He favours the competency approach to recruitment ' with its focus on observable behaviours and its use of systematic methods to identify these , [ which ] would appear to be the most appropriate way at present , to specify ...
... recruitment of ethnic minority recruits . In practice , the recruitment of police officers often does not reflect the ethnic diversity which exists in the population of the country . ' Reflecting the diversity ' is not merely a simple ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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