Little research exists on what works in the supervision of offenders with debt problems. This qualitative study aims to provide insight into the barriers probation officers and clients experience during supervision regarding debt and the support that clients need. Interviews were conducted with 33 …

Health professionals’ attitudes to substance abusers have been reported as suboptimal with potential adverse consequences for the quality of health care provided. Less is known about professionals working with addicted clients in mandated contexts. The aim of this study is to gain insight into forensic …

There is emerging evidence that the performance of risk assessment instruments is weaker when used for clinical decision‐making than for research purposes. For instance, research has found lower agreement between evaluators when the risk assessments are conducted during routine practice. We examined …

Iedereen op het platteland kent het geluid van buitelende kieviten in het voorjaar wel. Een parmantige vogel met zijn zwart-witte verenkleed, brede vleugels en statige kuif. De kievit hoort bij het Nederlandse weidelandschap. Overal in Nederland kun je de kievit aantreffen. Een soort die daarnaast sterk …

Background: Many community-dwelling older adults experience limitations in (instrumental) activities of daily living, resulting in the need for homecare services. Whereas services should ideally aim at maintaining independence, homecare staff often take over activities, thereby undermining older adults’ …

Background: Weight loss is key to treatment of older adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes, but also a risk for muscle mass loss. This study investigated whether a whey protein drink enriched with leucine and vitamin D could preserve muscle mass and improve glycemic control during combined lifestyle …

The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability: Adolescent Version (START:AV) is a risk assessment instrument for adolescents that estimates the risk of multiple adverse outcomes. Prior research into its predictive validity is limited to a handful of studies conducted with the START:AV pilot version …

"In high security forensic institutions, patients are sometimes placed on smallscale wards to be treated individually if their psychiatric condition and behaviour do not allow for them to live and interact more freely with other patients. On these so-called individual wards, there is little contact between …

Alles hangt samen Zoals de 19e-eeuwse Duitse natuurwetenschapper Alexander van Humboldt al ontdekte, hangt alles in het landschap met elkaar samen. Hij zag toen al de negatieve effecten van sectorale landinrichting voor het klimaat, bodem en biodiversiteit. Deze inzichten lijken in de anderhalve eeuw …

Informative audiovisual animation on working remotely as probation officers during the COVID pandemic.