REPLY SD Impact on National Government Policies (SD6108)

Fri Dec 15 05:35:29 CST 2006

Posted by  "E.Rouwette" <E.Rouwette at fm.ru.nl>
Mitchel,

In the Netherlands modelers from the Ministry of Justice, Significant (a 
consultancy firm) and Radboud University worked together in a project for 
federal government. The resulting model shows how the inflow of extra cases 
effects the criminal justice chain. The model includes the 'paper flow' (case 
reports from police to public prosecution to courts) and the 'person flow' 
(people in different forms of detention). The model was built in 2004 and 
expanded at the beginning of this year, to estimate effects of a proposed law. 
According to the modelers working at the Ministry of Justice, the model revealed 
unexpected consequences, for example with regard to accumulation of cases. This 
in turn influenced decisions on the IT support needed to implement the law. A 
paper on the first phase of the project was presented at the 2004 conference ( 
http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/2004/SDS_2004/PAPERS/270ROUWE.pdf ).

Rod MacDonald and others at SUNY Albany have been working on projects at the 
federal level as well.

Beste regards,

Etiënne Rouwette
Paul van Hooff
Posted by  "E.Rouwette" <E.Rouwette at fm.ru.nl>
posting date  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:24:34 +0100