Investigative ethics : ethics for police detectives and criminal investigators /
Seumas Miller and Ian A. Gordon, OBE QPM
- 313 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
"Investigative Ethics: Ethics for Police Detectives and Criminal Investigators presents applied philosophical analyses of the ethical issues that arise for police detectives and other investigators in contemporary society. Explores ethical issues relating to investigative independence, rights of victims and suspects, use of informants, entrapment, privacy and surveillance, undercover operations, deception, and suspect interviewing Represents the first monograph providing a detailed consideration of ethical issues in police investigations Features authorship by an applied philosopher specializing in police ethics, and a former UK senior police officer Combined authorship ensures the text is anchored in actual police practice as well as providing high quality ethical analysis "-- "Explores ethical issues relating to investigative independence, rights of victims and suspects, use of informants, entrapment, privacy and surveillance, undercover operations, deception, and suspect interviewing"--
9781405157728 (hardback) 9781405157735 (paper)
2014002204
Police ethics. Police corruption. Criminal investigation--Moral and ethical aspects. PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.