Organised Crime Prevention in the Netherlands: Exposing the Effectiveness of Preventive Measures

The preventive approach against organised crime has gained much attention since the early 1990s. On an international level as well as on a national one various preventive measures against organised crime have been developed. This is certainly true in the European Union and the Netherlands. This introduction chapter is divided into three sections. The first looks at the developments that led to the preventive approach to organised crime, focusing on the growing enthusiasm for the prevention of crime. Subsequently, it highlights the rise of the problem of organised crime on the political agenda,... Mehr ...