SOME NEW FORMS OF FUNCTIONAL SOCIAL CONTROL IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THEIR EFFECTS

Recent government policy in the Netherlands has supported the introduction of a number of new types of agents of social control. This article, based on the results of two recent research projects (Hauber et al. 1993a, b), focuses on three questions central to the effectiveness and acceptability of three kinds of agents: city wardens, police patrollers, and public transport inspectors. First, objective security: what effects did supervision by different types of agents have on those forms of crime with which the agents were confronted, as observed by the researchers? Secondly, the performance o... Mehr ...