Applying sentinel event reviews to policing

A sentinel event review (SER) is a system‐based, multistakeholder review of an organizational error. The goal of an SER is to prevent similar errors from recurring in the future rather than identifying and punishing the responsible parties. In this article, we provide a detailed description of one o...

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Main Author: Hollway, John F. (Author)
Contributors: Grunwald, Ben
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Criminology & public policy
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Policing
Procedural justice
Quality improvement
Root cause analysis
Sentinel event review
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Summary:A sentinel event review (SER) is a system‐based, multistakeholder review of an organizational error. The goal of an SER is to prevent similar errors from recurring in the future rather than identifying and punishing the responsible parties. In this article, we provide a detailed description of one of the first SERs conducted in an American police department—the review of the Lex Street Massacre investigation and prosecution, which resulted in the wrongful incarceration of four innocent men for 18 months. The results of the review suggest that SERs may help identify new systemic reforms for participating police departments and other criminal justice agencies.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12457