| Abstrakt: |
Since crime on the internet does not adhere to national boundaries, police forces must acquaint themselves with the law enforcement situation in other countries. This article provides the reader with information about the Netherlands. Dutch attitudes towards child pornography will be discussed, as well as Dutch legislation, the organisational structure of the police, the division of labour between police units, and problems Dutch police encounter while combating child pornography on the internet. The Dutch police are confronted with two major problems. First, police officers know too little about the digital sides of contemporary police work, including the more technological facets as well as sociological and criminological characteristics of virtual communities. Secondly, the police must establish new formal as well as informal collaborations on both a national and international level, since internet crime does not fit into existing law-enforcement structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
