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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... complex and wideranging. I do not necessarily agree withallthe views expressed! However, what Idoendorse very stronglyisthe need to promote and strengthenthe debateabout ethics in policing. This timely book fills a gapby providing a ...
... complex approach that embracedother academic disciplines, such as law and sociology, neededtobe brought to bear.In short, police ethics required 'joined up thinking'. Marx brought such thinking to bear on covert policing andthe emerging ...
... complex relationship withthe citizen andthe marginalized underclass. Strong citizen rights restrain policing and force it to be more respectable. But policing is always waiting forthe next scandal because it 'operates in a nether world ...
... complex view thatencompasses rightsfor victims, witnesses and communities, as wellas suspectsand which provides the state with duties and obligations toprotect them (Starmer, 1999). This allows us to begin to reconceive policing ...
... complex and more difficult. Policing 'on thinair'(Leadbeater, 1999) demands new thinking and presents new ethical challenges. The original 'vicious cycle' may inthefuture be multilayered– local, regional, national, transnational and ...
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 | |