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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... important book coincides with the implementation oftheHuman Rights Act, oneof the most significantconstitutional changes since the1688Billof Rights. The Actis fundamentally aboutstanding up forthe values of fairness, respect for human ...
... important Commonwealth contributions from Canada (Ericson and Haggerty, 1998 and Brodeur, 1995), Australia (Miller, Blackeler and Alexandra, 1997 and Chan, 1997) andIndia (Raghavan, 1999). They sharethe common theme of transition ...
... important and recognised inhuman rights jurisprudence arethoseofthe citizen as suspect. But thisisnotthe case. The EuropeanCourt has been developinga farmore complex view thatencompasses rightsfor victims, witnesses and communities, as ...
... importance in our everyday lives isobvious. Its impactonpolicing, at the tactical level,is also obvious: computers and information technology; radio communication;new forensicscience techniques. Butthereare two particular impactsof more ...
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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 | |