The Future of Collaboration with Justice in The Netherlands

Recent events underscore the need, demonstrated in a comprehensive study published earlier this month on the instrument of collaboration with justice, for the Dutch legislature to make clear decisions in an area which is both complex and controversial.

Jan Crijns, Kelly Pitcher and Marieke Dubelaar • May 25, 2018

Banishing ex-offenders and suspects for neighbourhood safety

Policies to improve neighbourhood safety challenge the law’s boundaries. Banishing ex-offenders from neighbourhoods is questionable, but what about excluding people who are merely suspected of disorder? You’d better be nice to your neighbours.

Gwen van Eijk • August 21, 2013

Crying out into the wilderness…or just an off-beat tango?

Many criminal justice scholars feel their research and writings are being ignored by the legislature. Is that actually the case? And, if so, who is to blame: it still takes two to tango!

Maartje van der Woude • November 21, 2012 • 2 comments

Political haggling with constitutional values

Recent developments show that even under the currently resigned Rutte Cabinet the drafting of new legislation, especially in the realm of law and order, remains a cause for concern.

Jan Crijns and Maartje van der Woude • July 04, 2012

Dutch Legislature: On a Crusade for Security or a Populist Collision Course?

What happened to the country formerly internationally known as ‘a beacon of enlightenment’ a ‘nation not obsessed with crime’?

Maartje van der Woude and Jan Crijns • April 03, 2012 • 3 comments

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The Future of Collaboration with Justice in The Netherlands

Banishing ex-offenders and suspects for neighbourhood safety

Crying out into the wilderness…or just an off-beat tango?

Political haggling with constitutional values

Dutch Legislature: On a Crusade for Security or a Populist Collision Course?