Purpose: Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, police officers are confronted with various novel challenges, which might place additional strain on officers. This mixed-method study investigated officers' strain over a three-month-period after the lockdown. Methods: In an online survey, 2567 police officers …

Early detection of radicalization processes that may lead to violent extremism takes place in a grey area. Primarily because no one can truly predict when someone poses a risk before there are any indications of criminal acts. The local police have been given an important role in countering violent extremism …

Forensic reports use various types of conclusions, such as a categorical (CAT) conclusion or a likelihood ratio (LR). In order to correctly assess the evidence, users of forensic reports need to understand the conclusion and its evidential strength. The aim of this paper is to study the interpretation …

If we look back to society and want to restore it as it was just before the Corona outbreak, we need exactly everyone who participated then. So also shareholders, storytellers, healthcare workers and even criminals. There was a balance. With fewer criminals, there would be less police force, and consequently …

In this study, we investigated the effects of wearing a police uniform and gear on officers’ performance during the Physical Competence Test (PCT) of the Dutch National Police. In a counterbalanced within-subjects design, twenty-seven police officers performed the PCT twice, once wearing sportswear and …

Cybercrime is een relatief nieuw onderwerp dat tal van vragen oproept. Welke delicten vallen onder de verzamelnaam 'cybercrime'? Wie zijn de nieuwe daders? Wie zijn de slachtoffers? Voor welke uitdagingen staan politie, private partners en lokale overheden bij de aanpak van dit fenomeen? In dit nummer …

On duty, police officers are exposed to a variety of acute, threatening stress situations and organizational demands. In line with the allostatic load model, the resulting acute and chronic stress might have tremendous consequences for police officers’ work performance and psychological and physical …

Background: An adaptation of multisystemic therapy (MST) was piloted to find out whether it would yield better outcomes than standard MST in families where the adolescent not only shows antisocial or delinquent behaviour, but also has an intellectual disability. Method: To establish the comparative …

For decades, the policy in the Netherlands’ public sector has been to stimulate and leverage ethnic and cultural diversity in the workforce. Although there can be different motives for public organizations to take up the challenge of implementing a diversity policy, among the most common is to add value. …

Introduction The Integrated Recovery Scales (IRS) was developed by the Dutch National Expertise board for routine outcome monitoring with severe mental illnesses. This board aimed to develop a multidimensional recovery measure directed at 1. clinical recovery, 2. physical health, 3. social recovery (work, …