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Learning from Error in Policing

A Case Study in Organizational Accident Theory

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Jon Shane

    1. , Dept. of Law, Political Science, and CJA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

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  • Examines the underlying causes of a police error, as a framework for improving operations
  • Compares the differences between errors caused by a failure to act, and acting in error
  • Presents practical recommendation and policy implications for future error reduction
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)

Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Policing (BRIEFSPOLICI)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 1-5

  3. Theoretical Framework

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 7-15

  4. Data and Methodology

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 17-27

  5. Details of the Incident

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 29-30

  6. Show-Up Procedures, Relevant Policy Standards, and Training Standards

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 31-35

  7. Analysis and Findings

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 37-65

  8. Discussion, Policy Implications, Limitations and Directions for Future Research

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 67-79

  9. Conclusion

    • Jon Shane
    Pages 81-81

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 83-91
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About this book

​While the proximate cause of any accident is usually someone’s immediate action— or omission (failure to act)—there is often a trail of underlying latent conditions that facilitated their error: the person has, in effect, been unwittingly “set up” for failure by the organization.  This Brief explores an accident in policing, as a framework for examining existing police practices.   Learning from Error in Policing describes a case of wrongful arrest from the perspective of organizational accident theory, which suggests a single unsafe act—in this case a wrongful arrest—is facilitated by several underlying latent conditions that triggered the event and failed to stop the harm once in motion.   The analysis demonstrates that the risk of errors committed by omission (failing to act) were significantly more likely to occur than errors committed by acts of commission.  By examining this case, policy implications and directions for future research are discussed.   The analysis of this case, and the underlying lessons learned from it will have important implications for researchers and practitioners in the policing field.​

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. of Law, Political Science, and CJA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

    Jon Shane

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning from Error in Policing

  • Book Subtitle: A Case Study in Organizational Accident Theory

  • Authors: Jon Shane

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00041-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00040-4Published: 29 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00041-1Published: 16 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8533

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 91

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general

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