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Implementati<strong>on</strong><br />

On a local level, <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> can remove prejudices, but it can also <strong>in</strong>crease vigilance whenever there is<br />

need to do so. In Wijk bij Duurstede, a work<strong>in</strong>g group was established follow<strong>in</strong>g unrest after it emerged<br />

that a sex offender who had been c<strong>on</strong>victed of sexual violence aga<strong>in</strong>st children was liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Horden<br />

district. This work<strong>in</strong>g group c<strong>on</strong>sisted of local residents, supplemented by an official from Crisis Management<br />

and a special educati<strong>on</strong>al expert from the Municipal Health Service. After some time, the work<strong>in</strong>g<br />

group established that peace had been restored <strong>in</strong> the neighbourhood. 565<br />

M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluati<strong>on</strong><br />

Interventi<strong>on</strong>s depend entirely <strong>on</strong> their effectiveness. Many of the <strong>in</strong>terventi<strong>on</strong>s stated below have not (yet)<br />

been evaluated <strong>in</strong> the Netherlands. However, developments have been set <strong>in</strong> moti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> order to comply<br />

with the important ‘What Works’ pr<strong>in</strong>ciples. For some time now, the probati<strong>on</strong> and after-care organisati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

have been undertak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiatives <strong>in</strong> order to comply with these pr<strong>in</strong>ciples as much as possible. 566<br />

It is also important that <strong>in</strong>itiatives be m<strong>on</strong>itored and evaluated <strong>in</strong> the future, and that best practices are<br />

collected and shared. An example of this is the web report ‘Nazorg ex-gedet<strong>in</strong>eerden’ [After-care of former deta<strong>in</strong>ees],<br />

which <strong>in</strong>cludes the experiences of municipalities with return<strong>in</strong>g offenders <strong>in</strong> a general sense. 567<br />

Cooperati<strong>on</strong><br />

The f<strong>in</strong>al underly<strong>in</strong>g start<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t for an <strong>in</strong>tegrated approach is cooperati<strong>on</strong>. Cooperati<strong>on</strong> goes further<br />

than the mere c<strong>on</strong>tact between obvious actors as supervis<strong>in</strong>g bodies and those <strong>in</strong> charge of the case.<br />

Cooperati<strong>on</strong> is possible with each <strong>in</strong>dividual and authority that has an <strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>on</strong> or is affected by the<br />

c<strong>on</strong>duct of the offender. The Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan to Tackle <str<strong>on</strong>g>Child</str<strong>on</strong>g> Abuse reports that it is of great importance that<br />

a clear and simple structure must be <strong>in</strong> place, <strong>in</strong> order to support the decisi<strong>on</strong>-mak<strong>in</strong>g process about<br />

the steps that are to be undertaken <strong>in</strong> the event of (sexual) abuse of children and to determ<strong>in</strong>e its implementati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

In this structure, besides the Public Prosecuti<strong>on</strong> Service, the other cooperat<strong>in</strong>g organisati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

–<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the police, the Youth Care Agencies/<str<strong>on</strong>g>Child</str<strong>on</strong>g> Abuse Counsell<strong>in</strong>g and Report<strong>in</strong>g Centres and the<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Child</str<strong>on</strong>g> Care and Protecti<strong>on</strong> Agency – must all be assigned a role <strong>in</strong> order to make a correct assessment<br />

regard<strong>in</strong>g the applicati<strong>on</strong> of crim<strong>in</strong>al law, <strong>on</strong> the basis of adequate access to <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>. In order to<br />

make crim<strong>in</strong>al acti<strong>on</strong> possible, it is desirable to set up clear frameworks for detecti<strong>on</strong>, prosecuti<strong>on</strong>,<br />

crim<strong>in</strong>al proceed<strong>in</strong>gs, victim assistance and local cooperati<strong>on</strong>. 568<br />

Similar multidiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary jo<strong>in</strong>t associati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> the Netherlands <strong>in</strong>clude Safety Houses and scenario teams.<br />

The other start<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts described for an <strong>in</strong>tegrated approach come to the fore <strong>in</strong> the Safety Houses and<br />

Municipal Health Service scenario teams discussed below. Various Safety Houses are still currently under<br />

establishment and/or have no experience of the issue of sexual abuse. 569 The Safety Houses are aimed at<br />

565 ‘Gemeente praat met de Horden over pedofiel [Local council talks with residents of de Horden about paedophile],<br />

De Weekkrant, 14 April 2011 www.deweekkrant.nl/pa ges.php?page=1724039 (viewed 22 August 2011).<br />

566 Poort & Epp<strong>in</strong>k, 2009, p.41.<br />

567 See www.vng.nl/smartsite.dws?id=92816 (viewed 20 June 2011) and ‘Samenwerk<strong>in</strong>gsmodel Nazorg volwassen<br />

(ex-gedet<strong>in</strong>eerde burgers, gemeenten – Justitie) [Cooperati<strong>on</strong> model for After-care of adults (former deta<strong>in</strong>ees who are<br />

residents, municipalities – Justice)]’ (VNG, 2010).<br />

568 Parliamentary Papers II, 2006/07, 31 015, no.16<br />

569 It emerged that some Safety Houses still have no experience with sex offenders, follow<strong>in</strong>g the Bureau<br />

of the Dutch <str<strong>on</strong>g>Nati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Rapporteur</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Traffick<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Human Be<strong>in</strong>gs send<strong>in</strong>g a notice to various Safety<br />

Houses <strong>in</strong> June 2011. See Capgem<strong>in</strong>i (2010, pp.33-39) for specific challenges faced by Safety Houses.<br />

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