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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... emphasises the proper balance ofrights and responsibilities between the citizenandthestate whichgoes to the heartofpolicing. The Act presents achallenge, but it is not athreat. It places a statutory duty on allpublic authorities ...
... emphasis on fightingstreet robberies; amajor community disorder and substantial national concern about police actions and relationships withthe ethnic minority community; changes tothe legal framework of policing, whichproduced new ...
... emphasis on interagency cooperation, accompanied by a recognition that single agencymissions overlap; strategic planning; performance management through developmentof 'indicators' and leaguetables.All of these and more –financial ...
... surveillanceand sanctions intended toensure the securityofthe social order' (Reiner,1997: 1008). The role of policing is, therefore, an essentially conservative one. This view, the product of sociology, emphasises the fact that policing is.
Peter Neyroud, Alan Beckley. the product of sociology, emphasises the fact that policing is not the exclusive province of the public police, but a much broader concept, embracing individual, collective, private and state policing ...
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 | |