NCJ Number
193214
Journal
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Dated: Winter 2001 Pages: 361-380
Date Published
2001
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This article examines the change from considering crime to be a social problem to considering crime to be an issue of local policy, with emphasis on this change in the Netherlands.
Abstract
The article also proposes a concentric model of security policy, with stakeholders, institutions, and citizens in extending circles. The analysis focuses on the shift from crime as a problem of the criminal justice system to crime as an issue of local policy, with emphasis on the relationship between safety policy and social policy. The discussion notes that safety has become an important social theme in recent decades. The three reasons for the emergence of this theme are the increase in crime, the increased attention to victims, and issues related to the government. A concentric model serves the development of a systematic local policy on public safety. Important developments in the Netherlands emphasize this approach and include Communities that Care and Justice in the neighborhood (Jib). The analysis concludes that some moralizing of the crime problem and increasing cooperation between social institutions and the criminal justice system is both unavoidable and desirable. 19 references