Learning from Error in Policing
Jon Shane
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Description for Learning from Error in Policing
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology / SpringerBriefs in Policing. Num Pages: 102 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 172.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Criminology / SpringerBriefs in Policing
Number of Pages
91
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319000404
SKU
V9783319000404
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99-15
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