Proximity Policing in the Netherlands: The Example of Haarlem; La Police de Proximite Aux Pays-Bas: Le Cas de la Ville de Haarlem (From Les delemmes de la proximite, P 29-55, 2000, Frederic Ocqueteau, ed.)

• NCJ Number: 186671
• Author(s): Kees Van Der Vijver
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 27 pages
• Sale Source: Ctr for Safe Schools
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: French
• Country: France
• Note: Revue de sciences sociales, No. 39

Annotation

This article reports on the results of an in-depth case study of community policing conducted between 1983 and 1986 in the city of Haarlem (Netherlands).

Abstract

The evaluation of the neighborhood team policing was positive. It showed a decrease in the number of crimes committed, a reduction in neighborhood disputes and feelings of insecurity, increasing confidence in the police, and an increase in the number of incidents reported. These positive results occasioned the extension of the experiment to the city of Amsterdam. This apparent success of the experiment, however, does not preclude the need to address a number of problems associated with neighborhood team policing in Haarlem. This paper also discusses the latest reorientation in community policing, including policing that is organized by sector. 43 references