21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review (SER) Project, United States, 2018-2021 (ICPSR 38428)
Version Date: Aug 30, 2022 View help for published
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Mary Gordon, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38428.v1
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The 21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review (SER) Project, seeks to test and learn from the application of the Sentinel Event Review methodology in police departments in a cross-site evaluation over three years. The goal is to learn how SER's can be sustained by local law enforcement organizations when working in a multi-stakeholder environment.
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County
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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All SER 1 outcome data are included in the file named SER_1_Data.
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All SER 2 outcome data are included in the file named SER_2_Data.
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The project collected data on participant characteristics; these data are not included in the final data files.
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Each SPSS data file has 51 variables (unique ID, 40 outcome variables, and 10 computed outcome variables).
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The purpose of this study is to increase knowledge and understanding of sentinel event review (SER) models, as applied to criminal justice, in order to better understand root causes that can be mitigated to reduce or eliminate critical events in complex settings with multiple stakeholders. Sentinel events can include such things as the wrongful conviction of an innocent person, premature release from prison of a dangerous offender, or even a near miss that could have led to a bad outcome if not caught.
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The surveys were administered either in-person or via web-based surveys. For SER 1 participants, there were separate data collection periods for pre, post, and follow-up surveys. For SER 2 participants, there were separate data collection periods for pre and post/follow-up surveys. Due to time constraints, post and follow-up survey data were collected via a combined survey. For SER 2, the post/follow-up survey included a screening item that directed participants to first select which SER they participated in; they were then directed to complete the rest of the survey.
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Individuals in a police department (and other organizations) who participated in Sentinel Event Reviews.
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69% response rate (9 of 13 SER team members provided data)
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None
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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.