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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... Approaches tothe use offorce 8.1 The dimensions of police accountability in the UK 8.2 Levels of policing and their relationship to government 8.3 The Patten modelofaccountability (Patten, 1999) 8.4 Ekblom's modelof community safety ...
... a gapby providing a framework for that debateand linkingit to the developing agendaon humanrights. It does so against a background of rapid change inthe policing environment and offers a very helpful analysis of approaches to developing ...
... approaches to moral philosophy such as utilitarianism were simplistic and flawed. A more complex approach that embracedother academic disciplines, such as law and sociology, neededtobe brought to bear.In short, police ethics required ...
... approach in order to reestablish the police reputationfor integrity: opportunity reduction, undermining peer pressurefor unethical activities, deterrence. All the above authors have been American. Thisisnot coincidental. The American ...
... the law. The former should always be given ahigher priority and, therefore, by implication'hard policing', which overemphasized enforcement and failed to take account of community support was not good policing. This approach, which is an.
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 | |