NCJ Number
105091
Journal
Howard Journal Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Dated: (February 1987) Pages: 15-32
Date Published
1987
Length
18 pages
Annotation
Image and reality of criminal justice in the Netherlands differ to a considerable degree.
Abstract
The causes for the relatively mild penal climate in Holland have to be taken into account, if a potentially successful strategy to preserve that climate is to be developed. The discussion about the merits of abolitionism, currently held within the Dutch League for Penal Reform, is dealt with in detail. (Author abstract)