Learning from Error in Policing A Case Study in Organizational Accident Theory /

• Main Author: Shane, Jon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

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 explore...