NCJ Number
180374
Editor(s)
Gerald W. Lynch Ph.D.
Date Published
1999
Length
183 pages
Annotation
This is a collection of essays that address the task of strengthening respect for human dignity in both the attitudes and behavior of police officers.
Abstract
The book's guiding theme is that integrity in police work is essential to viable and effective law enforcement. Central to the issue is how to oversee and control the behavior and actions of police, how to eliminate misuse of authority and excessive force against citizens. The book describes positive and effective steps to begin to change the culture of policing through carefully constructed, appropriate training and individual officer development. The book contains 13 essays that discuss human dignity and human rights and the police; police agency efforts to prevent abuses; government response to police abuse of power; the role of the press in police reform; course development and evolution; the role of the trainer and its critical importance; the course as a change agent; a human rights component of the International Law Enforcement Academy; impact and importance of human dignity training for emerging democracies in the newly independent nations of Eastern and Central Europe; and issues to be addressed in evaluating the human dignity training program. Notes, references, appendixes, bibliography, index