A network approach to organized crime by the Dutch public sector

Abstract

Addressing organized crime through public networks from an institutional perspective constituted one of the major innovations in crime control in the Netherlands; with significant implications for the manner in which the challenging problem of organized crime is governed by public administration. Two of the major foundations were the growth of public policies and implementation strategies that advanced across diverse jurisdictions and, based on the situational crime framework and crime scripts, the shifting focus from a preoccupation with offenders to analysis of circumstances which facilitate crime as well as viable opportunity-reducing measures, regardless of the motivation of offenders.