CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DECISION MAKING - STUDIES OF THE INFLUENCE OF CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON CRIMINAL POLICY IN THE NETHERLANDS AND FINLAND

• NCJ Number: 25213
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 226 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations

Annotation

MUCH IS LOST IN THE TRANSITION FROM PURE RESEARCH TO THE APPLICATION OF THAT RESEARCH - CASE STUDIES FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND FINLAND EXAMINE THE CONCEPTION, EXECUTION, AND UTILIZATION OF CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

Abstract

AN INTRODUCTORY PAPER DISCUSSES FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AND DECISION MAKERS - AN ALLIANCE OR 'MESALLIANCE' BASED BOTH ON MUTUAL REINFORCEMENT AND ON INCOMPREHENSION OR INDIFFERENCE. THE NETHERLANDS STUDY IS ESSENTIALLY AN EFFORT TO TRACE THE DISTRIBUTION OF SELECTED RESEARCH FINDINGS AMONG THE DECISION MAKERS TO WHOM THEY WERE OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, AND TO DETERMINE THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PARTICULAR FINDINGS AS WELL AS TOWARD CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH GENERALLY. UNLIKE THE NETHERLANDS STUDY, WHICH CONCERNED SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY SCHOLARS NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH GOVERNMENT, THE FINNISH PAPERS DESCRIBE AN INTEGRATED PROGRAMME OF ACTION-ORIENTED STUDIES CONDUCTED BY A GOVERNMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AND TRACES THE POLICY ACTION THAT RESULTED FROM THEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)