The mass media and policy disasters: The IRT disaster and the crisis in crime-fighting in the Netherlands

Mark Bovens; Paul't Hart; Sander Dekker; Gerdien Verheuvel; Eline de Vries

doi:10.4324/9780203984789-12

The mass media and policy disasters: The IRT disaster and the crisis in crime-fighting in the Netherlands

Mark Bovens, Paul't Hart, Sander Dekker, Gerdien Verheuvel, Eline de Vries

Leiden University

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Abstract

It all began with a simple press release. On 7 December 1993 it was announced that an interregional criminal investigation team (IRT), established in 1989 to fight organized crime in the Netherlands, was to be disbanded. The controversy that ensued in the wake of IRT's dissolution resulted in banner headlines about police involvement in drug trafficking, a major Parliamentary Inquiry and a crisis in the criminal investigation system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Public Policy Disasters in Western Europe
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	39-59
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134697526
ISBN (Print)	0203984781, 0415170702, 9780415170703
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203984789-12
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005

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