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Lapse into old mistakesmeasuring recidivism to help determine the rehabilitative effect of penal interventions (full text available only in Dutch)

Publication details

Author(s):

Wartna, B.S.J.

Organisation:

WODC

Place of publication:

Den Haag

Publisher(s):

Boom Juridische uitgevers, WODC

Year of publication:

2009

ISBN:

978 90 8974 085 4

Series:

Onderzoek en beleid 275

How to order:

Address:

Boom Distributiecentrum
Meppel

Phone:

+31 (0)522-237555

Fax:

+31 (0)522-253864

Email:

budh@boomdistributiecentrum.nl

Summary

In criminology, measuring recidivism is a well-known method of establishing the preventive effect of penal interventions. Recidivism research in the Netherlands has lacked a sound methodological basis and there is consequently no comprehensive view on the outcome of penal interventions - until recently, that is since the WODC has meanwhile developed a 'Recidivism Monitor'. This is a project in which reconviction rates of virtually all offenders who have come into contact with the Dutch judiciary are routinely computed. The development of this instrument and its applications in evaluation research form the central themes of this dissertation.

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