Gotham unbound Dutch style. The administrative approach to organized crime in Amsterdam

An inquiry committee of the Dutch parliament concluded that the capital Amsterdam - and especially the famous Red light district - is a centre of national and international organized crime. The city of Amsterdam set up a project to develop and implement an administrative approach to combat the organized crime problem: the Van Traa-project. This project is internationally recognized as a successful example of such an approach. Elaborating on an evaluation study this article critically analyses the policy theory and the effects of this project. This analysis shows that the assumptions that under... Mehr ...