Download - Supervision in probation
Supervision - Less criminal behaviour and a safer society - That is the aim of the Dutch
Probation Service
To do that, we supervise suspects and offenders
How does supervision be the Probation Service
work?
The Judge or
Prosecutor can impose
special conditions
to an offender or
suspect as a part of a sentence
For instance the offender must follow an anti-
agression training
Or is not allowed to
drink
Or stay away from his girlfriend
The Dutch Probation Service supervises that the offender complies with these conditions
We check that through:-home visits
-Interviews at our offices
-Alcohol and drug tests
-Electronic monitoring
We also support an offender in his efforts to
comply to these conditions
We stimulate them for instance to find a job
Or we organise the necessary psychological
help or debt relieve
Supervision by the Probation takes
minimally two years
Thereby we prevent that an offender commits
another crime
And if an offender does not comply to these conditions
and does not cooperate, there is always the prison as last
resort
This is how the Probation Service contributes to a safer society