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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... requires , like the rational comprehensive model of planning , the ability to perceive all the possible alternatives and to weigh them against each other . At its most literal it could be argued that it might permit a wrongful ...
... requires police officers to intervene only where they have powers that are clearly articulated , ' in accordance with the law ' ( ECHR , Articles 8 , 9 , 10 and 11 ) . In this sense , ' legality ' applies a clear restriction on ...
... requires more than ' good performance ' . It needs a renewal of the contract between police officer and the citizen , which in turn requires greater openness and scrutiny , continuously improving professional standards and a new ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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