Policing, ethics and human rights / Peter Neyroud, Alan Beckley ; with contributions by Paul Collier, Julia Clayton.

List of figures -- About the authors and contributors -- Foreword -- Part 1.-- 1. Ethics in context: policing and its environment in the twenty-first century -- Policing, ethics and human rights? -- A brief history of ethics and policing -- Transition or crisis? -- Summary and conclusions -- Further reading -- 2. The purposes of policing: past, present and future -- Introduction -- Policing, government and the citizen -- A history of the policing mission -- The present: what do the police actually do? -- Policing futures -- The three 'futures' -- The 'futures' at work -- The lessons of the 'three futures' -- Conclusion: which 'future'? -- Further reading -- 3. From ethics to principles and practice -- Introduction -- Ethics and policing -- Ethical theory -- Duty, utility, virtue and care -- The ethics of uncertainty -- A new ethics for policing? -- Principles in policing -- Conclusions -- Further reading -- 4. From ethics to rights -- Introduction: human rights as a 'new agenda in policing' -- Human rights: the history of an idea and its meaning -- Human rights and international standards in policing -- ECHR: articles and principles -- Conclusions: rights and their impact on policing -- Further reading -- Part 271.-- 5. Personal ethics -- Introduction -- The professional vocation of policing? -- The cultures of policing -- Discretion -- Citizens in uniform -- Conclusions -- Further reading -- Notes -- 6. Police performance management - an ethical dilemma? -- Introduction -- Governance of policing -- Framework -- Police performance management -- Towards a new paradigm -- Conclusions -- Further reading -- Notes -- 7. Operational ethics -- Introduction -- Covert policing -- Ethical and human rights compliant covert policing? -- Policing dangerousness -- Police and the use of force -- Conclusions: towards ethics in operational policing -- Further reading -- 8. Organisational ethics -- Introduction -- 'Operational accountability' -- Complaints, misconduct and corruption -- Policing diversity -- Conclusions -- Further reading -- Notes -- Part 3167.-- 9. Human resource solutions -- Introduction -- Recruitment of police officers -- Training -- Personnel investigations, operational controls and anti-corruption investigations and audits -- Personal development of staff -- Conclusions -- Further reading -- Notes -- 10. Decision making, codes and control systems -- Introduction -- Ethical codes -- Decision making -- Conclusions -- Further reading -- 11. 'Auditing' for compliance: a human rights case study -- Introduction -- The UK police service's response to the Human Rights Act 1998 -- ACPO human rights programme: policy audits -- Results and reality of policy analysis and evaluation -- Making the link between ethics and human rights explicit -- Can policy analysis and evaluation promote change? -- Integrating human rights into performance management and inspections -- Observations from non-governmental organisations and academics -- Conclusions: a multiple-impact change programme -- Further reading -- Notes -- 12. Towards ethical policing -- Bibliography -- Index.

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