NCJ Number
110443
Editor(s)
M J M Brand-Koolen
Date Published
1987
Length
189 pages
Annotation
Six chapters provide an overview of the main characteristics of Dutch correctional policy and research, and seven chapters address a variety of special topics, including mentally ill offenders, drug users, ethnic minorities, and prison leave.
Abstract
An introductory note provides a summary description of the Dutch criminal justice system in general and the prison system in particular. In one chapter, an Australian expert reports on the conditions of Dutch prisons and remand centers, based on his visits to 15 facilities. Other general studies address prison policy and penological research in the Netherlands, the humaneness and rehabilitative effectiveness of medium-term facilities, the evaluation of a special regime in a remand center, and penal facility management strategies and tactics. Chapters on special topics open with a report on interviews with correctional officers regarding their opinions and attitudes toward changes in the Dutch prison system over the past 10-15 years. Other chapters consider the scheme and effectiveness of prison furloughs, a followup study of patients released from a secure treatment center for mentally ill offenders, an alcohol education program for incarcerated drunk drivers, programs for drug users in remand centers, and problems attending the confinement of ethnic minorities. Chapter references. For individual chapters, see NCJ-110444-56.