RT Article
T1 Sentinel event reviews in the criminal justice system: a review of the literature
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 33
IS 4
SP 337
OP 353
A1 Friend, Karen B.
A1 Gordon, Mary
A1 Scarbrough, Bill
A1 Collins, David
A1 Fritz, Kyra
A1 Smoot, Sean
A1 Copple, James
A1 Copple, Colleen
A1 Joyce, Nola
A2 Gordon, Mary
A2 Scarbrough, Bill
A2 Collins, David
A2 Fritz, Kyra
A2 Smoot, Sean
A2 Copple, James
A2 Copple, Colleen
A2 Joyce, Nola
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1748567691
AB Trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve is essential to the safety of our citizens. Relationships between police and communities have, however, become increasingly strained, with reports of deadly events and wrongful convictions filling the television, newspapers, and the Internet. While the model of conducting internal investigations to determine blame and penalize the individuals involved has been used for years, a new paradigm to bring systemic change is increasingly being embraced by the criminal justice field. Historically used in other disciplines, sentinel event reviews have been employed to understand organizational failures. Multiple key community stakeholders gather to conduct a root cause analysis, which is an empirical approach that involves data collection to understand the systems-level causes of organizational events. The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature on sentinel event reviews in the criminal justice system, borrowing heavily from other disciplines where they are already well-established. We then examine the literature on organizational adoption, since the ultimate goal of sentinel event reviews is to lead to stronger systems that can learn from systemic mistakes and allow the dissemination of best practices to benefit both law enforcement and the individuals they serve.
K1 Trust
K1 Accountability
K1 Systems Approach
K1 Law Enforcement
K1 Root cause analysis
K1 Sentinel event review
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2020.1741227