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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... argue, as the Patten report argues, that securing and reconciling human rights –balancing therights of individualsand communities – provides a way forward for public policing that begins to address some of the questioning of its ...
... argued formore open and accountable policing. For Skolnick itwas the inherent tension within thepolice role that created the problem. Maintaining order and upholding the lawhe sawas potentially irreconcilable. How could an officer ...
... arosefrom terrorist trials. Zander argued firmly that police officers should not blame the criminal justice system for 'noble cause corruption'. Actions so motivated could never be right, however 'justified' in the shortterm outcome.
... argument if the only rights that are important and recognised inhuman rights jurisprudence arethoseofthe citizen as suspect. But thisisnotthe case. The EuropeanCourt has been developinga farmore complex view thatencompasses rightsfor ...
... phenomenon can be supported bythe example of the Australian police andthe Aborigine community (Chan, 1997). It might be argued that theexamples setout above aresimply that – examples, not a pattern, but a series of isolated.
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 | |