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Crimmigration in the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Maartje A. H. van der Woude ,
Joanne P. van der Leun  and
Jo‐Anne A. Nijland
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Abstract

For a long time the Netherlands has been internationally known for its tolerant and humane environment for first‐ and second‐generation migrants. However, as in many European countries, over the past few decades the political debate on immigration has gradually grown more negative. Links between crime, security, migration, and integration have become more established, resulting in a series of policy and legislative reforms targeting migrants in the country. These developments seem to fit into the broader trend for which scholars have coined the term crimmigration, the intersection of crime control and immigration control. In this article, using crimmigration as a sensitizing concept, we seek to gain insight into the governance of migration and crime in Netherlands.

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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , Summer 2014 , pp. 560 - 579
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2014 

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