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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... from nongovernmental organisations and academics Conclusions:a multipleimpact change programme Further reading Notes 12 Towards ethical policing Bibliography Index List of figures 1.1 The 'vicious cycle' 2.1 The police.
... organisation. Alan Beckley Alan Beckleyis the head of management development trainingin West Mercia Constabulary. He has written on the personal liability of police officers following majorand critical incidents, and is the ...
... organisations tomeet those standards. There are,therefore, absolute standards in policing. Waddington (1999) sees policing in a complex relationship withthe citizen andthe marginalized underclass. Strong citizen rights restrain policing ...
... organised crime' The extension and accountability ofcovert policing methods have raised widespread concerns (Justice, 1998). They were central to the Van Traa inquiry, and have been a source of major concern in the emerging democracies ...
... organisation to challenge everyactivity, consultits community, compare its performance and compete– withotherpublic and private agencies (DETR, 1999). It is likely toaccelerate the processes of civilianisation and privatisation that ...
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 | |