POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Year 2015, , 30 - 56, 16.05.2015

Ercan Balcıoğlu , Erkan Pala

https://doi.org/10.18490/sad.50196

Abstract

This article provides the reader with a literature review with the aim of finding out about the origin and system of police accountability in England and Wales. It is hoped that the article will help to identify some important conceptual considerations that ought to betaken into account by any professional and responsible police departments seeking to embrace accountability in its policing procedures.

This article explores the sensitive issue of police accountability to civilian oversight bodies in controlling police excesses. At the centre of the discourse lies the tacit acknowledgement that the enormous power and authority invested in the police does lead to corruption and excesses unless adequate checks and balances are installed. 

Keywords

Police Accountability, Police Ethics, Police Integrity, Policing the Police, Civilian oversight bodies of Police

İNGİLTERE VE GALLER’DE POLİS HESAP VEREBİLİRLİK SİSTEMİ

Abstract

Bu makale, İngiltere ve Galler'de polis hesap verebilirlik, gözetim ve denetim sisteminin gelişimini
bilimsel literatürü inceleyerek araştırmaktadır. Bu makaleyle hesap verebilirliği iç güvenlik
hizmetlerinde önemli bir ilke kabul eden sorumlu, profesyonel ve demokratik iç güvenlik kurumlarına,
bu alanda bazı önemli kavramsal değerlendirmelerin tanımlanması yoluyla yardım edilmesi umut
edilmektedir.
İç güvenlik profesyonellerinin görevlerini yerine getirirken yetkilerini kötüye kullandıkları, her
toplumda görülen bir olgudur. Bu makale, temel görevleri iç güvenlik kurumlarını gözetlemek ve
denetlemek olan sivil gözetim organlarının İngiltere ve Galler'de kolluğun hesap verebilir olması için
nasıl çalıştıklarını incelemektedir. Çalışmada kolluk üzerinde gerekli denetim ve denge mekanizmaları
kurulmadığı takdirde, polise verilen yetki ve salahiyetlerin yozlaşmaya ve istismara yol açabildiği
temel varsayımından hareket edilmiştir.

Keywords

Polis Hesap Verebilirliği, Polis Suçları, Polis Etiği, Polis Bütünlüğü, Polislere Polislik Yapmak, Sivil Kolluk Gözetim Mekanizması

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