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Setting course. Lessons from strengthening the approach to organized drug crime in the Netherlands
Thu, September 7, 3:30 to 4:45pm, Palazzo Congressi, Floor: second floor, Congressi 9Abstract
In 2019, the Dutch government invested a one-off 100 million euros and structural 10 million euros per year to strengthen the approach to subversive crime, which focused primarily on organized drug crime. This resulted in a multi-year reinforcement programme in which local, regional and national government organization collaborated. This so-called ‘reinforcement programme’ built on the principles of learning organizations and aimed for project partners to actively internalize success factors and bottlenecks; not only at the end but also during the three-year implementation period of the reinforcement plans (2019-2021).
From mid-2019 until mid-2022, researchers from Maastricht University and Erasmus University Rotterdam, commissioned by the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, closely followed these developments. The research questions were: (1) What are the experiences (good and bad practices) with and the perceived impact of the strengthening of the approach, based on the financial resources allocated in 2019? (2) What learning experiences can be crafted and which lessons can be drawn?
The study built on a mix of qualitative research methods: a literature review in criminology, public administration and management and organisation studies; a document analysis; a survey; exploratory interviews; in-depth case studies of 13 projects which included document analysis, interviews, observations, and reflection meetings with stakeholders of the projects.
In this presentation, the researchers share the findings from three years of action-oriented, evaluative research on tackling organized drug crime in the Netherlands. The emphasis lies on the mechanisms, processes and preconditions that are essential to furthering the approach to subversive crime. The researchers recommend recalibrating the foundation of the approach to organized drug crime in the Netherlands.