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main are not the only ones who play a role in this regard or who are able to assume a role. 500 Below,
the legal framework within which after-care and treatment take place will firstly be explained. In §3.6.5,
information will be presented in figures relating to after-care and supervision implemented by the Dutch
Probation Service 501 in relation to sex offenders who are sentenced (in part) for offences contrary to
Article 240b of the Dutch Criminal Code.
After-care for and supervision of sex offenders are forms of tertiary prevention, and comprise a number
of interventions that are applied after a sexual offence has taken place. 502 The aim is to prevent reoffending,
or to limit this, and thereby help prevent people from becoming victims. 503 These possible
interventions, the starting points that apply in this regard, and the form and extent to which these
interventions are implemented form the essence of this section.
From the reports concerning returning offenders of sexual violence against children in Amstelveen
504 , Eindhoven 505 , Loppersum 506 , Weesp 507 and Wijk bij Duurstede 508 , the image that
emerges is that interventions made by authorities vary throughout the country and/or are not
always attuned to one another. The mayor of Breda responded to notification from the Public
Prosecution Service regarding the release of a convicted sex offender and his return to society in
the following manner: “It is not sufficient to simply inform […] I can be aware of it, but then what? Certain
measures need to be put into place with regard to that man. We need to supervise paedosexuals who return to
society in a more effective manner.” 509
500 The following parties are involved in the provision of after-care to former detainees: municipalities, penal
institutions, the Ministry of Security and Justice, Safety Houses, Employee Insurance Agency, Centre
for Work and Income and community organisations such as housing associations and care institutions.
501 The figures were provided to the Bureau of the Dutch <strong>National</strong> <strong>Rapporteur</strong> on Trafficking in Human
Beings by the Dutch Probation Service, partly involving figures from the Salvation Army and the Netherlands
Institute for Psychological Care and Addiction Care.
502 Tertiary prevention involves interventions with persons, groups and situations after sexual abuse has
already taken place. Tertiary prevention is aimed at preventing the continuation or repetition of abuse.
Measures involved in tertiary prevention relate, for example, to early detection and limiting harm to
victims. See Smallbone et al., 2008, p.49, and §3.2.
503 Other interventions that can lead to prevention are covered in further detail in §3.2.
504 Weesp wil veroordeelde pedofiel niet terug in buurt [Weesp does not want convicted paedophile to return to
the area], RTV N-H [Radio + TV North-Holland] 14 April 2011, www.rtvnh.nl/nieuws/55810/Weesp+wil+
veroordeelde+pedofiel+niet+terug+in+ (viewed 9 August 2011).
505 ‘Pedo Eindhoven onvindbaar en zonder toezicht’ [Eindhoven paedophile untraceable and unsupervised], EénVandaag,
13 November 2009, www.eenvandaag.nl/weblogs/post/33226 (viewed 10 August 2011).
506 ‘Mogelijk provincieverbod pedofiel Loppersum’ [Possible provincial ban for Loppersum paedophile] RTV
Noord, 28 September 2010, www.rtvnoord.nl/ nieuws/nieuws.asp?pid=95047 (viewed 10 August 2011).
507 ‘Belachelijk dat pedo terugkeert!’ [It’s ridiculous that a paedophile is returning to society!], De Telegraaf,
21 April 2011, www.telegraaf.nl/binnen land/9596960/___Belachelijk_dat_pedo_terugkeert____.html
(viewed 22 June 2011).
508 ´Wijk bij Duurstede verdeeld over pedofiel´ [Wijk bij Duurstede prosecutes paedophile], RTV Utrecht, 18 December
2009, www.rtvutrecht.nl/ nieuws/224610 (viewed 10 August 2011).
509 Local government, 30 January 2009/week 5, p.12.
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