Criminologists have devoted surprisingly little attention to criminal investigation issues. This is understandable given the difficulties faced when performing empirical research into this subject. Getting access to confidential data from police and security services and disclosing such findings in scientific publications remains a challenge. |
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Criminologie en strafrechtsbedeling |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Auteurs | Dr. mr. Marc Schuilenburg en Prof. dr. René van Swaaningen |
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Waar zijn toch al die ondeugende kinderen gebleven?Diagnose en behandeling van ADHD ter voorkoming van ernstig en gewelddadig crimineel gedrag |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Willem de Haan |
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Diversen |
NVC Studiemiddag, vrijdag 30 januari 2015, 14.00-17.00 uur, VUCriminologie en opsporing |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Redactioneel |
Criminologie en opsporing |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Trefwoorden | criminal investigation, investigative practices, police and security services |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Edward Kleemans, Dr. Christianne de Poot en Dr. Antoinette Verhage |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
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Over pragmatisme en strategie |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Trefwoorden | corporate security, private investigations, private settlements, forum shopping |
Auteurs | Clarissa Meerts MSc |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
In this article data derived from observations and interviews are used to examine private methods of investigation as used by corporate security providers in the Netherlands, and the private settlement options which follow those investigations. It is argued that, rather than leadership being exercised by public actors and institutions (police, prosecutors, criminal courts and also civil courts), those actors are selectively and strategically mobilised by corporate security, on behalf of their private sector clients. Corporate security and its clients have a ‘pick and choose’ approach when searching for an optimal solution for the incident at hand (forum shopping). |
Artikel |
De diagnostische waarde van bewijs |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Trefwoorden | Bayesian analysis, Diagnostic value, Evidence evaluation, Alternative scenarios |
Auteurs | Prof. mr. dr. Eric Rassin |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Traditionally, the Dutch penal judge needs to determine whether the suspect has committed the crime for which he is being prosecuted. This is generally done by accumulating incriminating evidence. Recently, it has been argued that this accumulation fosters the risk of a miscarriage of justice. Alternatively, the judge may want to rely on a Bayesians analysis of the evidence. Particularly, diagnostic values for each piece of evidence must be established. Therefore, it must be investigated how well the evidence fits in the primary and in alternative scenarios. This approach is discussed in this contribution. |
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Kinderpornorechercheurs en hun mentale weerbaarheidHoe rechercheurs de impact van kinderpornografiezaken ervaren en daarmee omgaan |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Auteurs | Drs. Henk Sollie, Dr. Nicolien Kop en Prof. dr. Martin Euwema |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Eleven Teams against Child Abuse Images and Transnational Child Sex Offences (TBKKs) are operating within the Dutch National Police Force. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the resilience of criminal investigators working in these teams and how they perceive and cope with daily work stressors. Observational studies within five TBKKs and 35 semi-structured interviews with child pornography investigators revealed that managing their heavy caseloads, classifying abusive images, dealing with suspects and conducting home searches can sometimes be (very) challenging. Despite these demanding work aspects, investigators experience low levels of stress. By employing emotional detachment, self-reflection, workload regulation, social support and meaningfulness, they overcome the stress of investigating internet child exploitation. However, successful implementation of these resilience-enhancing strategies depends on the availability of several individual and organizational resources. To reduce the risk of health problems and to stimulate positive functioning, these resources require permanent investment from police management and investigators themselves. |
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Mediëren verhoortechnieken de verandering in verklaringsbereidheid van verdachten? |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Trefwoorden | effectiveness of interrogations, interrogation tactics, suspects’ statement, Structural Equation Modeling |
Auteurs | Dr. Willem-Jan Verhoeven |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
This study aims to provide more knowledge on the extent to which criminal investigators are able to influence suspects’ statement. For this purpose, 166 observed interrogations covering the whole interrogation were analyzed. Based on these longitudinal data Structural Equation Modeling was used to examine the extent to which interrogation tactics mediate the changing statement between the start and the end of the interrogation. The results show that particularly suspects who give a statement on personal affairs at the beginning of the interrogation change their statement. Manipulating techniques are used more often when suspects are silent and confrontational techniques are used more often when suspects declare about the crime. Only confrontational techniques seem to contribute to changes in suspects’ statement. Accusatory interrogation tactics do not mediate the relationship between the statement given at the beginning of the interrogation and the change in statement. It can be concluded that suspects who are silent at the beginning of the interrogation or who declare about the crime in most cases don’t change their statement and that with using accusatory interrogation techniques criminal investigators seem to be unable to influence their statement. |
Artikel |
Jaarregister 2014 |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
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De brug tussen wetenschap en opsporingspraktijkOnderzoek naar de toepassing van sociale netwerkanalyse in de opsporing |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Trefwoorden | social network analysis (SNA), big data, criminal investigation, intelligence |
Auteurs | Drs. Paul Duijn en Dr. Peter Klerks |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Social network analysis (SNA) has taken its place in the field of criminology, although among Dutch criminologists the emphasis remains on conceptual contributions. Meanwhile, the world of criminal investigation and intelligence has witnessed the development of a blossoming SNA-practice. The emergence of big data makes SNA an indispensable tool to exploit the oceans of data in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, when it comes to employing SNA, academia and the investigations and intelligence domains remain separated. While Dutch analysts adopt scientific ideas and concepts, they rarely contribute to the body of literature; confidential SNA reports remain inaccessible. Shedding light on over forty SNA related internal police studies, this article bridges the gap between Dutch academic criminologists and ‘pracademics’ in law enforcement. |
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Acute dreigingen, vage geruchtenOpsporing van terroristische misdrijven en de handelingsruimte van politie- en justitiefunctionarissen |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 4 2014 |
Trefwoorden | criminal investigation, terrorism, discretionary authority, street-level bureaucrats |
Auteurs | Dr. Barbra van Gestel en Dr. Christianne de Poot |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Since 2007 the police and the public prosecution service in the Netherlands can apply special investigative powers in case of ‘indications’ of a terrorist offense. To investigate signs of terrorism, a suspicion is no longer needed. The underlying assumption behind this extension is that the ‘old’ legislation offers insufficient opportunities to investigate signs of terrorism in an early phase. In this article we examine this assumption about the action space of investigating officers. For the period 2007-2011, we examined how investigating officers responded to signs of terrorism in practice, what investigative powers they used, and how they – as street level bureaucrats – handled their discretionary authority. The research shows that police and judiciary officials are very well able to investigate signs of terrorism with the already existing powers, and that they have made little use of the new ‘indications’ criterion |
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De Nederlandse Vereniging voor Criminologie en de ontwikkeling van het vakgebied tussen 1974 en 2014 |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2014 |
Auteurs | René van Swaaningen |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
For the occasion of the 40 th anniversary of the Netherlands’ Society of Criminology the author has analysed the Society’s archive and related the development of this professional organisation to the development of Dutch criminology in the period between 1974 and 2014. He distinguishes five turning points in this respect: between 1965 and 1974 we witnessed the emancipation of criminology as an autonomous discipline; the period 1978-1985 is characterised by a downfall of criminology at the universities; between 1992 and 1995 a period of restoration started, that is characterised by a focus on criminology’s policy-relevance; from 1999 to 2010 we can witness a recovery, in which academic criminology raised like a phoenix from its ashes; and from that time on we see the discipline broadening up again, in which the dominance of positivist research agendas is countered by a cultural criminology and a more critical attitude towards the production-oriented research policy in general. The bottom line is that the Society followed these trends imperceptibly: it was active when criminology did well and was ‘in rest’ when it did not. The article concludes with the question whether the Society has an active role to play in the public debate about the role of science and crime and punishment. |
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De rol van DNA bij het vinden van een daderHet succesverhaal rond DNA als opsporingsmiddel in perspectief |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2014 |
Trefwoorden | Forensic process, Crime Scene, Scene of Crime Officer, DNA-typing, DNA-database |
Auteurs | Anna Mapes Msc, Dr. Christianne de Poot en Prof. dr. Ate Kloosterman |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Current statistics are unclear about the contribution of DNA as a crime-fighting tool. To obtain an objective view on the effectiveness to use DNA as intelligence information we analyzed all forensic reports from serious (N=116) and high volume crime cases (N=2791) over the year 2011 at one police region in the Netherlands. DNA-profile results show that 38 percent of the serious crime traces (N=384) and 17 percent of the high volume crime traces (N=386) did not result in a DNA-profile. Turnaround times of these DNA-traces from crime scene to DNA-report were relatively long; for serious crimes 66 days and for high volume crimes 44 days. Based on these results a suspect was truly identified through a match with the Offender DNA-database of the Netherlands in 3 percent of the serious crime cases and in 1 percent of the high volume crime cases. Insight in DNA-results and adjustments in the analysis process could benefit the use of DNA as a crime-fighting tool. |
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Determinanten van deelname aan een resocialisatieprogramma in Nederlandse penitentiaire inrichtingen |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2014 |
Trefwoorden | Prison, reducing recidivism, correctional treatment, Resocialisation, treatment engagement |
Auteurs | Anouk Bosma MSc, Dr. Maarten Kunst, Dr. Anja Dirkzwager e.a. |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
The current study examined the extent to which risk factors and treatment readiness were related to prison based treatment engagement (i.e. participation and completion), using a large sample of detainees who were a candidate for the Prevention of Recidivism program. Analyses showed that offenders who were treatment ready were over two times more likely to complete treatment programs, compared to offenders who were not. Risk factors did, for the most part, not correlate with treatment participation and completion. Outcomes underlined the importance of motivational aspects and showed the significance of enhancing treatment readiness amongst correctional resocialisation participants. |
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Een benadering op maatResultaten van een Q-studie naar behoeften in de omgang met groepsleiders bij jongens in een justitiële jeugdinrichting |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2014 |
Trefwoorden | Juvenile correctional facility, incarcerated boys, interaction preferences, Q methodology, group workers |
Auteurs | Drs. Marie-José Geenen |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
The quality of the relationship between boys and group workers in a correctional youth facility determines a part of the success of their incarceration. In a Q-study is examined what incarcerated boys consider as important in (the interaction with) group workers. There are four preferences discerned: anxious & willingly; rebellious & defensive; autonomous & indifferent; dependent & approachable. The needs in dealing with group workers of these four differ. Understanding and awareness of these preferences can provide tools for the treatment of boys in a correctional facility. It can enlarge the opportunity for a good relationship and the boys’ readiness to change. |
Agenda |
Agenda |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2014 |
Boekbespreking |
Wanneer een droom werkelijkheid wordt |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2014 |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Kristel Beyens en Prof. dr. Miranda Boone |
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Boekbespreking |
Orde in veiligheidEen dynamisch perspectief |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2014 |
Auteurs | Prof. mr. dr. Erwin Muller |
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