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Essay

Policing Through Human Rights

Publication Date

December 2010

Author(s)

Jack R. Greene

Abstract

Democratic policing is at the coalface of human rights and the legal system. That is to say, in democratic society the police are the first and central actors in mediating between social conditions and legal stricture, determining in large measure what is legal, fair, and just.

Recommended Citation

Greene, J.R. (2010). Policing through human rights. The Police Foundation.