2019/02/03 by Jan Terpstra, Nicholas R Fyfe, Nicholas R. Fyfe +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Crime Patterns and Interventions #Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies #Policing Practices and Perceptions
paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/0032258x18817999
openalex publication_date 2019/02/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
As a consequence of the 2013 police reforms in the Netherlands and Scotland, the police in both countries have made a shift towards a fundamentally different kind of organisation: the Abstract Police. The increasing abstract character resulted in changes in the internal and external relations of the police. The police became more formalised and dependent on rigid systems and system information. Citizens and communities became more at a distance. Gradual and long-term processes may have similar consequences. For that reason it may be expected that the increasingly abstract character of the police may also be found elsewhere.