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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... debate about the purposes, limits and ethics of 'public' policing. It is a debate that hasbeen intertwined with adebateabout human rights. As the PattenCommission reportwent on to say: It is a central proposition of this report thatthe ...
... debate to come,providing firstly a briefanalysis of the previous writing on ethics,human rights and policing,and ... debates about the nature and purposesof policing and its ethical base. There has been a history of key books coinciding ...
... debating such issues,the standard 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 ...
... debate focused on the 'democratic deficit' in policing. Reiner's starting pointtends toplace him firmlyinline with Skolnick – police cultureand behaviourbeing a product oftherole and external environment. Reiner's most direct treatment ...
... debate about criminal justice. Rutherford divided theminto three 'credos': punishment – believing inthe punitive degradation of offenders;efficiency – committedto pragmatic, expedient management; caring – dedicated to the achievement of ...
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 | |