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Changing Dutch Response to Crime

NCJ Number
102123
Journal
Police Studies Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (Summer 1986) Pages: 78-55
Author(s)
L C Parker
Date Published
1986
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This article suggests that both the nature of the crime problem and the Dutch response to it are shifting as the nation enters the mid-1980's.
Abstract
The Dutch have had a long history as a liberal society and one that has offered progressive treatment to its criminal offender population. (Publisher abstract)