136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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Policing is a highly pragmatic occupation. It is designed to achieve the important social ends of peacekeeping and public safety, and is empowered to do so using means that are ordinarily seen as problematic; that is, the use of force, deception, and invasions of privacy, along with considerable discretion. It is often suggested that the ends of policing justify the use of otherwise problematic... Read more
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- Ends
- The Ends of Policing
- Means
- Means in Policing
- The Question of Justification
- The Doctrine of Double Effect
- Persons as Ends
- Impermissible Means
- Other Problematic Means
- Dirty Hands and Noble Cause Corruption
Index
Biography
John Kleinig is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and in the PhD Program in Philosophy, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York. He is also an Adjunct Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He is the author/editor of 22 books.
