Policing, Ethics and Human RightsRoutledge, 2001 M01 1 - 256 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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... Kleinig (1996a), stimulated by a decade ofdebate about therole ofthe police, police brutality (particularly the RodneyKing beating), problems with covert policing methods and renewed corruption scandals in major USpolice forces, sought ...
... (Kleinig, 1996a). We willlookatthe purposesofpolicing in a number of ways: The relationship between policing, government and society. The'formal mission' of policing. The 'present mission' of policing. Rather thanthe formal mission this ...
... (Kleinig, 1996a). Locke contrasted the 'state of nature' with that of 'civil society' (Locke, 1960). In the former, whilst man was free from the constraints of government, he was also at the mercy of others and beset by such ...
... Kleinig (1996a). Furthermore, as Glover (1999) has argued in discussing the morality of war in the twentieth century, moral identity is important for moral choice. A police force thatregards itsmission asfighting sections of the ...
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Contents
A history ofthe policing mission | |
Notes | |
Ethics and policing | |
towardsethics | |
Complaints misconduct and corruption | |
Policing diversity | |
Further | |
Training | |
Personnel investigations operational controls and anticorruption | |
Conclusions | |
Decision making | |
Ethical codes | |
A new ethicsfor policing? | |
human rightsasa new agenda in policing | |
Part 2 | |
The professionalvocation of policing? The cultures of policing Discretion | |
Towards anew paradigm | |
Operational ethics | |
Conclusions | |
The UKpolice services response to the Human Rights Act 1998 | |
Integrating human rights intoperformance management and inspections Observations from nongovernmental organisations | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |