Information Systems for Victims of Crime:Results of Comparative Research

In 1994 Tilburg University in the Netherlands and the Dutch Ministry of Justice launched a four-year research project on the implementation of Recommendation R (85) 11 of the Council of Europe on the Position of the Victim in the Framework of Criminal Law and Procedure. Many of the guidelines encompassed by the Recommendation deal with information. In this article, which is based on intermediary results of the Dutch research, the focus is on the formal and actual implementation in several different countries of the guidelines concerning information that the system should provide to the victim. Different information systems are compared and some of the problems encountered in practice are identified. Where possible, causes and solutions are suggested

Georganiseerde criminaliteit in Nederland

In response to the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Investigation Methods, the Minister of Justice made a commitment to the House of Representatives that he would report periodically on the nature of organised crime in the Netherlands and the developments to be identified in this context, following on from the study carried out by the Fijnaut study group. The Minister’s commitment has been fulfilled in the form of the Organised Crime Monitor published regularly by the Research and Documentation Centre