The Ethics of Policing

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-48433-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 345 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 565 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy

This book is the most systematic, comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated discussion of police ethics yet published. It offers an in-depth analysis of the ethical values that police, as servants of the community, should uphold as they go about their task. The book considers the foundations and purpose of police authority in broad terms but also tackles specific problems such as accountability, the use of force, deceptive stratagems used to gain information or trap the criminally intentioned, corruption, and the tension between personal values and communal concerns. Offering the fullest, most rigorous and up-to-date treatment of police ethics currently available, this book will be a perfect textbook in courses on applied ethics in philosophy departments or police and criminal justice ethics in departments of criminology and law schools.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kleinig, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Professional Ethics: 1. Introduction; 2. Moral foundations of policing; 3. Professionalism, the police role and occupational ethics; Part II. Personal Ethics: 4. Institutional culture and individual character; 5. Police discretion; 6. The use of force; 7. The use of deception; 8. Entrapment; 9. Gratuities and corruption; 10. Public roles and private lives; Part III. Organizational Ethics: 11. Authority and accountability; 12. Ethics and codes of ethics; 13. Ethical challenges for police management.