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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453825303321

Autore

Miller Seumas

Titolo

Investigative Ethics [[electronic resource] ] : Ethics for Police Detectives and Criminal Investigators

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014

ISBN

1-118-32861-2

1-118-32860-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GordonIan A

Disciplina

174.936325

174/.936325

Soggetti

Criminal investigation -- Moral and ethical aspects

Police corruption

Police ethics

Police ethics - Moral and ethical aspects

Criminal investigation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Praise for Investigative Ethics; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ethics and the Role of the Investigator; Investigation; Ethics and Morality; 1: Law, Morality, and Policing; 1.1 Criminal Law and Morality; 1.2 Case Studies; 1.3 Law, Morality, and Facts; 1.4 A Normative Theory of Policing; 1.5 Criminal Investigations; 2: Knowledge, Evidence, and the Aims of Investigation; 2.1 Knowledge and the Aims of Investigation; 2.2 Case Studies; 2.3 Explanation and Justification: Good and Decisive Reasons

2.4 Knowledge, Certainty, and Evidential Standards 2.5 Knowledge and Moral Responsibility; 2.6 Evidence-based Investigation: Quality and Accountability; 3: Intelligence and Intelligence Gathering; 3.1 Intelligence; Technical intelligence; Financial intelligence; 3.2 Case Studies; 3.3 The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence; 3.4 Right to Privacy; 3.5 Confidentiality and Security; 4: Investigative Independence; 4.1 Police Independence; 4.2 Police Accountability; 4.3 Case Studies; 4.4 Independence of the Investigator; 4.5 Accountability of Investigators; 5:



Crimes against the Person

5.1 Anatomy of a Homicide Investigation 5.2 Case Studies; 5.3 Moral Rights of Suspects and Moral Rights of Victims; 5.4 DNA and Forensics; 5.5 Profiling; 6: Property Crime; 6.1 Property Rights; 6.2 Property Crime; 6.3 Investigation of Property Crimes; 6.4 Case Studies; 6.5 Fraud; 7: Terrorism; 7.1 Terrorism; 7.2 Detention without Trial; 7.3 Case Studies; 7.4 Collective Actions and Omissions; 7.5 Concept of Moral Responsibility; 7.6 Collective Moral Responsibility; 8: Police Corruption; 8.1 Corruption; 8.2 Case Studies; 8.3 Causes of Police Corruption; 8.4 Combating Police Corruption

8.5 Investigation of Police Corruption 9: Informants and Internal Witnesses; 9.1 Evidence, Reliability, and Credibility; 9.2 Professional Confidentiality; 9.3 Case Studies; 9.4 Informants; 9.5 Witness Protection; 10: Surveillance and Monitoring; 10.1 Moral Right to Privacy; 10.2 Case Studies; 10.3 The Right to Privacy and Criminal Investigations; 10.4 Privacy, Criminal Investigations, and Encryption; 11: Undercover Operations and Entrapment; 11.1 The Ethics of Covert Operations; 11.2 Case Studies; 11.3 Traps or "Stings"; 12: Interviewing; 12.1 Interviews; 12.2 Case Studies

12.3 Interviews and Suspects' Moral Rights 12.4 Torture; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 author