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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... standards - such as ethical codes - which are being trained and which could support professional standards in policing . • Thirdly , the standards could be used to audit policing and its policies , challenging existing systems and ...
... standards on ethics in policing and covert policing . In Figure 4.2 we have added a column to show the clear connection between the code and Declaration and the set of principles that we derived from our discussion of ethics in the last ...
... standards and an ability to define the acceptable and the excellent . Various selection criteria and issues Psychological testing Most law enforcement agencies currently use psychological tests to inform the selection process and to add ...
Contents
Transition or crisis? | 11 |
what do the police actually do? | 26 |
From ethics to principles and practice | 37 |
Copyright | |
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