Abstract
This special issue of the journal is focused on experimental and quasi-experimentalresearch in the Netherlands. It includes four Dutch studies of crime and lawenforcement and one paper dealing with the practical implementation of (random-ized) experiments and evaluation research in the Dutch criminal justice system.These papers reflect the most recent developments in criminology and criminaljustice in the Netherlands, a country with hardly any tradition in experimentalcriminological research.In the first half of the 20th century, only one experimental study was developed inHolland. In 1921 Jan de Jongh received his Ph.D. in medicine at the University ofAmsterdam for a quasi-experimental study on the changes in moral judgments ofboys and girls of different age groups. The experimental groups were in custody atthat time, and the control groups consisted of ‘normal’ juveniles (De Jongh 1921).No other experimental study was published after this Ph.D. One of the reasons might
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