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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... police forces of the former SovietEasternbloc countries, the responses of the New Zealand and Canadian police forces to implementation of Charters ofRightsand now are permeating the language of British policingon the eve of the ...
... police, police brutality (particularly the RodneyKing beating), problems with covert policing methods and renewed corruption scandals in major USpolice forces, sought asolutionin abroader definition of policing as 'public servants ...
... in policing. Waddington (1999) sees policing in a complex relationship withthe citizen andthe marginalized underclass. Strong citizen rights restrain policing and force it to be more respectable. But policing is always waiting forthe ...
... Police Commissioner admittedto major corruption problems withinthe Metropolitan Police,corruption inquirieswerecommenced by outside forces in anumber of other police forcesand a series of chief officers – historically largely immune ...
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 | |