Seumas Miller (Australia Charles Sturt University), Ian A. Gordon (Australia Charles Sturt University)

Investigative Ethics

Ethics for Police Detectives and Criminal Investigators

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Investigative Ethics: Ethics for Police Detectives and Criminal Investigators presents applied philosophical analyses of the ethical issues that arise for police detectives and other criminal investigators in contemporary society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 176mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781405157735
• ISBN-10: 1405157739
• Artikelnr.: 40556872

Autorenporträt

Seumas Miller is a Professorial Research Fellow in Applied Philosophy at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, and the 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology at Delft University of Technology, The Hague. His authored books include Social Action: A Teleological Account (2001), The Moral Foundations of Social Institutions: A Philosophical Study (2010), Terrorism and Counter-terrorism: Ethics and Liberal Democracy (2009), and, with John Blackler, Ethical Issues in Policing (2005). Ian A. Gordon is Associate Professor in Policing at Charles Sturt University and Convener of the Standards Commission for Scotland. A former chief police officer in Scotland, Gordon was responsible for professional standards, police use of firearms, and the Scottish DNA Database. He has commanded major events (2005 G8 conference) and worked with police forces in Australia, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Russia, and Thailand on police strategy, crime, and professional/ethical issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction: Ethics and the Role of the Investigator 1

1 Law, Morality, and Policing 17

2 Knowledge, Evidence, and the Aims of Investigation 48

3 Intelligence and Intelligence Gathering 80

4 Investigative Independence 99

5 Crimes against the Person 118

6 Property Crime 149

7 Terrorism 171

8 Police Corruption 201

9 Informants and Internal Witnesses 223

10 Surveillance and Monitoring 243

11 Undercover Operations and Entrapment 263

12 Interviewing 279

References 297

Index 308

Rezensionen

"Liberally illustrated with challenging cases, this volumemarshals and discusses the many ethical problems encountered bypolice investigators. In an area that tends to be governed bypragmatic considerations, it provides an important check on thedesire and pressure for results."

--John Kleinig, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

"Rarely has the publication of a work exploring moderncrime investigation shown such a thorough grasp of the myriadchallenges, many of them ethical, facing tenaciousinvestigators."

--Sir Dan Crompton, Former UK Police Chief and HM Inspectorof Police

"Investigative Ethics is applied philosophy of the bestsort. Its thoughtful analysis of foundational issues in policeethics--at once sophisticated and accessible--willprovide a valuable resource for philosophers, legal academics, andpolice practitioners."

--Stuart Green, Rutgers Law School

"Investigative Ethics makes a valuable contribution tothe growing body of critical and informed literature on criminalinvestigative practice. While aimed at police detectives andcriminal investigators, it has much to offer professionaladministrative investigators. Highly recommended."

--Nigel Savidge, Lead Integrity Specialist, AsianDevelopment Bank