The Ethics of Policing

By: John Kleinig, Douglas MacLean (Contribution by)

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Paperback | 23 February 1996

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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.

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"The book is very tightly argued and rich in provocative and imaginative arguments." Teaching Philosophy "Kleinig's new survey of the ethics of policing is an excellent introduction to the subject. it provides a very useful survey of a variety of topics--presenting careful analyses, considering (but not getting booged down in) recent contributions of other scholars, and offering sensible solutions. It does exactly what a book of this kind should do in a way that is neither oversimplified nor too complex for the lay reader." Ethics

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Professional Ethics
Introduction
Moral foundations of policing
Professionalism, the police role and occupational ethics
Personal Ethics
Institutional culture and individual character
Police discretion
The use of force
The use of deception
Entrapment
Gratuities and corruption
Public roles and private lives
Organizational Ethics
Authority and accountability
Ethics and codes of ethics
Ethical challenges for police management

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