This book provides a single text of different perspectives on how professional standards and ethics has been conceptualised and developed into practical policing processes for the purposes of policing, not only by the police but also by the partner agencies.

Allyson MacVean was the founder and former Director of the John Grieve Centre for Policing with Professor John Grieve . Allyson is also a visiting professor at the University of Chester. Her interests include police ethics, intelligence, risk and child protection.

Peter Spindler is a Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service and is currently their Director of Professional Standards having previously led the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Anti Corruption Command. He was previously the Commander for Covert Policing and leads for ACPO on Technical Surveillance.

Charlotte Solf, a member of Lincoln's Inn, is seeking to pursue a career as a barrister specializing in Human Rights and criminal cases. Having worked part time for the John Grieve Centre for Policing, Charlotte developed her research interests in police ethics and police malpractice and the impact within the wider criminal justice process.

Foreword, Chief Constable Nick Gargan Part 1. Understanding professional standards 1. Introduction, Allyson MacVean 2. Theory of professional standards and ethical policing, Jonathan Hughes 3. The Taylor Review, William Taylor 4. Policing the police: investigating professional standards by the IPCC, Len Jackson 5. The duality of police oversight in Scotland: An examination of the role of the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal, Ian Todd 6. 'I fought the law and the law won': The rule of law and standards of behaviour, P Waddington and Martin Wright Part 2. Professional Standards and Ethical Policing in Practice 7. Introduction, Allyson MacVean 8. Deaths in or following police custody: An examination of cases from 1998- 2008, Maria Hannan 9. Understanding Police Deviants: Police committing acts of child abuse, Ray Robins, 10. Computer misuse and information leakage, David Perryman 11. A good buy: Promoting probity in police procurement, Julie Ayling 12. Ethical considerations for the role of the undercover operative in investigations, Mark Daly Part 3. Models and comparative forms of professional standards 13. Introduction, Allyson MacVean, Peter Spindler and Charlotte Solf 14. Ethical working and M15, F. Gregory and D. Langley 15. Transnational Crime Investigations: Professional Standards in Relation to Joint International Operations - a new challenge, Paul Evans 16. Counter Corruption: An international perspective, Steve Foster 17. Risk and the management of integrity, C Harfield and K Harfield 18. Navigating the moral minefield: Leadership, professional standards and ethical policing, John Grieve Part 4. Future considerations for professional standards and ethical policing 19. Introduction, Allyson MacVean, Peter Spindler and Charlotte Solf 20. Through a glass darkly - some future influences on professional standards in policing?, P. Neyroud and S. Gilmour 21. Prevention and organizational learning: A new paradigm in professional standards, B. Dillon 22. Professionalism and ethical practice: Does the current student officer training meet the needs of professional and ethical practice?, R. Heslop 23. Unethical Policing on Trial, M. Mansfield QC 24. Some reflective observations and conclusion, John Grieve.