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1 Eur. J. on Crim. Pol'y & Rsch. 5 (1993)

handle is hein.journals/eurjcpr1 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial Some people believe `Europe' is a must; other people think it is a myth. Despite the wave of scepticism unleashed by the Danes, the narrowness of the British vote and French referendum, political unification is forging ahead. Pivotal to this process is the development of a solid network for policy cooperation and information exchange. It is in this climate that the Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice presents the first issue of the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. It does so not with the aim of unifying criminal law, criminal procedures or criminal policy, but to organize a platform for the discussion of the crime problem and build on the European historical and social experience. It is hoped that the journal will stimulate the field of criminology in a European context. The need to glean from each others policies, to generate reciprocal and comparative research is ever more apparent when we realize how the criminological field has up to now been led by American theory and research. European countries have their own unique problems - often comparable. It is imperative that European criminology plays a determining role in the resolution of European problems. This is the principal role of the journal. Europe can be characterized by its plurality in public and criminal policy; at the same time there is the need to be informed and cooperate in reflecting on the crime problem. It is important for example to compare crime prevention policies in France and England, or the drug problem in the affluent Netherlands, rapidly advancing Spain and the newly democratic Poland. We have to know about Italian crime organizations penetrating other European countries and educate ourselves about EC-fraud. We should closely monitor the revitalised nationalism with its implications for the new ethnic minorities in Europe. And what can we learn from other countries about sentencing and alternatives to prison? The European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research will be special not only in its orientation towards Europe but also in its focus on special topics. Every issue will concentrate on one central topic in the field, incorporating different angles and perspectives. Four or five specialists will be invited to write articles on the selected topic of

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