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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... that the privilege of providing aservice tothepublic carries with it a special dutyof care;adutyto deliver that service in awaywhich respects the fairness and dignity ofthe individual. Striving to act inline with human rights involves ...
... thatthe Patten Commission arrived at these dilemmas. They are the dilemmas of a transition which itself is driven by external change andinternal turmoil, manifest in: Increasing globalisation (Bottoms and Wiles, 1996)and ...
... thatthe fundamental purpose of policing should be ... the protection and vindication of the human rightsof all ...policing means protectinghuman rights. (Patten,1999: 18) Similar words and sentiments have dominatedthe reforms of the ...
... that the opportunities for reform only come at the bottomofthecycle. Whenthecollective blood is upand moral panicabout crime is highonthe agenda, concernsabout policing and its consequences tend not tobeheeded. However, the major ...
... thatthe American public haslost confidence in the police as a result of highprofile cases such as the O. J. Simpson trial. The effect of this, in Barker's eyes was to create an expectation that policewould manufacture evidence and lie ...
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 | |