{"product_id":"9781509990481","title":"Policing and Human Rights An Incompatible Couple?","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePolicing and Human Rights\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Incompatible Couple?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGeoff Pearson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Criminology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book presents a timely evaluation of the extent to which the Human Rights Act 1998 has achieved its objectives regarding policing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe UK Human Rights Act requires the police to act in a manner compliant with rights and freedoms enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. Subsequently, and quickly after its enactment, many changes took place which affected the service nationally, at force level, and on an individual officer basis. However, 25-years on, rather than becoming embedded in the day-to-day operation of the police, human rights remains an often-misunderstood 'add-on' to policing, typically subsumed by other laws, guidance, policies, and practices. While some specialist areas of policing - including public order, firearms, and missing persons - have human rights embedded to a greater extent, in routine policing (response, neighbourhood, traffic, and tactical aid), human rights are often completely forgotten in practice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book presents new empirical research based on observations, surveys, interviews, and media analysis. It  demonstrates the limitations of the UK police service's adherence to human rights obligations, resulting from initial training of recruits, confusing or misleading guidance, inadequate supervision and accountability, and poor leadership from some chief officers and the Home Office. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt argues that,  even in areas where human rights are more embedded, there is often pushback against protecting those rights, victimising marginalised communities. It explains, however, this is not purely the fault of the police service; the Act itself, subsequent legislation, and the courts, have failed to provide adequate clarity, guidance, and resource to enable the service to adapt to the human rights-based framework, delivering conflicting priorities for the police and setting them up for failure in this vital aspect of their work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGeoff Pearson \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Law at the University of Manchester, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHart Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509990481\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51965840195724,"sku":"9781509990481","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b6e7f450-33f4-4329-bebd-09fc57e6fe3e.jpg?v=1786071455","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509990481","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}