Fazit: Verwaltungsreform und Neue Steuerung in der Polizei

Lange, Hans‐Jürgen; Schenck, Jean-Claude

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“…From the early 1990s, this process of managerialization has also occurred in the police and the criminal justice system, initially especially in the Anglo-Saxon countries, and often somewhat later than in other public sectors (Freiberg, 2005; McLaughlin and Muncie, 2000; McLaughlin and Murji, 2001; McLaughlin et al, 2001; Painter, 2005; Raine and Wilson, 1997; Senior et al, 2007). In the following years, the police and criminal justice agencies in some of the continental West European countries were also increasingly affected by these processes of managerialization, although its impact often remained relatively modest compared with most of the Anglo-Saxon countries (Beyens and Scheirs, 2010; Lange and Schenk, 2003, 2004; Ritsert and Pekar, 2009; Terpstra and Trommel, 2009; Van Sluis et al, 2008).…”

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Criminal justice as a production line: ASAP and the managerialization of criminal justice in the Netherlands

Terpstra

2019

European Journal of Criminology

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Since the 1990s criminal justice systems in West European countries have increasingly been affected by the process of managerialization. The managerialization of criminal justice may result in fundamental tensions between different sets of values: efficiency and cost-effectiveness against values such as the rule of law or careful decision-making. This article concentrates on one example of the managerialization of criminal justice: the policy programme ASAP (As Soon As Possible) in the Netherlands, aimed at making the settlement of cases of high-volume petty crime both faster and more efficient. The introduction of ASAP has resulted in a strong standardization of work processes and strict time limits, for both the police and the public prosecution service. In this article we analyse how ASAP operates in practice and to what degree the policy goals of ASAP are realized. This analysis shows that the introduction of ASAP has transformed an important part of the Dutch criminal justice system into an assembly or production line. This example of the managerialization of criminal justice has resulted in important tensions between, on the one hand, managerial values and, on the other, the values of occupational (legal) professionalism.

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Criminal justice as a production line: ASAP and the managerialization of criminal justice in the Netherlands

Terpstra

2019

European Journal of Criminology

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“…Daily police operations were linked to a system of performance indicators, and management, administration and information processing were redesigned (Schulte, 2007). This new steering model is, at present, still a feature of policing in North Rhine Westphalia (Lange and Schenck, 2004).…”

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Results‐based agreements for the police in The Netherlands

2008

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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to present the findings of research into the impact of a new performance system for the police in The Netherlands.Design/methodology/approachFor this research, the international literature about the effects and side effects of performance steering in the public sector was scanned and more than 150 local stakeholders in five Dutch police regions were interviewed in semi‐open interviews, using a checklist. The study analyzed the specific impact of the results‐based agreements in various branches.FindingsOn the whole, the police do not get isolated as a consequence of the results‐based agreements and they do not disassociate themselves from the societal networks they participated in before. The authors offer several explanations why many of the expected negative effects have not occurred.Originality/valueValuable in this article is the focus on the situational context and the implementation context for an adequate assessment of the significance of performance‐based steering of the police in practice. It gives an update of the Dutch state of affairs and recommends another starting point for police performance measurement in the near future.

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Polizeiforschung, Empirische

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Fazit: Verwaltungsreform und Neue Steuerung in der Polizei

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Criminal justice as a production line: ASAP and the managerialization of criminal justice in the Netherlands

Criminal justice as a production line: ASAP and the managerialization of criminal justice in the Netherlands

Results‐based agreements for the police in The Netherlands

Polizeiforschung, Empirische

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