Blue‐prints for Criminal Justice: Reflections on a Policy Plan for the Netherlands

In: The Howard journal of criminal justice, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 199-215

Abstract

Abstract: In May 1985 a policy plan for crime and criminal justice was adopted by the Dutch Government, in response to growing public concern about the rising crime rate in the Netherlands. It established a set of 'material principles' for dealing with petty and more serious crimes, and examined the organisational consequences of a co‐ordinated penal policy based on differentiation and consistency. The approach adopted in the formulation of this plan stands in sharp contrast to the pragmatic and management oriented statements of criminal justice policy by British governments in recent years.