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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... response Crime Crime detections Repeat victimisation Road traffic accidents Handling Availability of police officers Definition of immediate response incidents ; number of incidents ; target time for response ; percentage of responses ...
... response to 999 calls ; with service received at police station enquiry counters ; with initial police response to a report of violent crime , household burglary , or at the scene of a road traffic accident ; with perceived level of ...
... response guidelines that eliminate police attendance for particular types of calls . It may also lead to ethical dilemmas such as redesignating an area as rural when PIs for response in an urban area are not being met , achieving a ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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