The ebb and flow of criminal justice in the Netherlands

Francis Pakes

doi:10.1016/j.ijsl.2006.08.001

The ebb and flow of criminal justice in the Netherlands

Francis Pakes

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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The Netherlands occupies a paradoxical position in the mind of many criminologists. On the one hand, the country symbolises acumen for creative approaches to social and criminal justice issues. On the other hand, there is a widespread feeling of ‘paradise lost’: the country's tolerant attitude towards deviance seems to have disappeared, to make way for a sharp and excluding social discourse surrounding issues of crime and law and order. The hostile discourse is particularly aimed at ethnic minority groups and increasingly so after the murder of politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002 and broadcaster and film maker Theo van Gogh in 2004. This article outlines these developments in social discourse and puts them in a historical context. The subsequent policy reaction is discussed in terms of Garland's culture of control.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-156
Number of pages	16
Journal	The International Journal of the Sociology of Law
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsl.2006.08.001
Publication status	Published - Sept 2006

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