Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

Policing and ethics - an overview

ethics in context - policing and environment in the 21st century

policing - its purposes and aims

ethics and rights - motivations, means or outcomes?

human rights policing

the four dimensions of police ethics

personal ethics

organizational ethics

ethics of quality and consumerism

societal ethics

towards ethical policing?

human resource led solutions - recruitment, training and ""dignity and respect""

auditing compliance

codes and controls

value driven change.

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, links 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.