Studies on the Dutch prison system

Abstract

The series ‘Dutch studies on Crime and Justice’ is meant to meet this need for wider distribution. The series will consist of readers, each of which will present the results of research on a specific component of the justice system in The Netherlands. This volume, the first in the series, focuses on the prison system. The general studies in the first part of the two-part volume provide an overview of the main characteristics of Dutch correctional policy and research. The first chapter aims to give the non-Dutch reader a general idea of the criminal justice system in The Netherlands (in particular the correctional system) and to facilitate understanding of the other contributions. In the second part of the book the authors deal with a variety of special topics, among others the mentally abnormal offender, drug users, ethnic minorities and prison leave.