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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... issues suchas the use of force,covert surveillance, community relationsand the maintenance of public order. The publication of this important book coincides with the implementation oftheHuman Rights Act, oneof the most ...
... issues. We will 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 ...
... 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.In short ...
... issues arising from the O.J.Simpson trial. The resultant crisis of public confidence in policing was typified byadverse juryvotesand national calls for investigations into policing,which paralleltheUK developments around the death of ...
... issues debated in the concluding sections of this chapter. Francis, Davies and Jupp, Policing Futures(1997), Brodeur Howto Recognise Good Policing (1998), Morgan and Newburn, The Future of Policing (1997) and Bayley, Police for the ...
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 | |