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Policing, Ethics and Human Rights
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, and argues that securing and protecting human rights should be a major, if not the major, rationale for public policing.
| Author(s) | By Peter Neyroud, Alan Beckley. Foreword by, R.H. Jack Straw, M.P. |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 1 Jan 2001 |
| Availability | POD |
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, and argues that securing and protecting human rights should be a major, if not the major, rationale for public policing.
Foreword, by the Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, M.P lntroduction Part 1 1. Ethics in context: policing and its environment in the 21st century 2. The purposes of policing: past, present and future 3. From ethics to principles and practice 4. From ethics to rights P
Peter Neyroud is Deputy Chief Constable, West Mercia Constabulary, Vice-chairman of the Association of Chief Police Officers' human rights committee, and a Council Member of 'Justice'. Alan Beckley is Head of Management Development Training in West Mer
