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The Ethics of Policing

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Ethics of Policing
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Kleinig
SeriesCambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:348
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 153
Category/GenreEthics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521484336
ClassificationsDewey:174.93632
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 23 February 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Reviews

"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