Research group Working with Mandated Clients
Forensic social professionals work with mandated clients who pose a risk to others. They work in a wide range of occupational fields, such as probation services, juvenile detention centres, prisons and forensic care facilities. This work requires a specific set of skills, effective methods and targeted training. Our research group contributes to the professionalism and continuity of this field.
Lines of research within the research group
Delinquency has its price: A research on collaboration in the judicial and societal domain regarding delinquents in debt
ProjectThis research aims at getting insight into the working elements in collaboration within the judicial and societal domain regarding delinquents in debt.
Evaluation of the methodological guidelines regarding clients in organized crime
ProjectThis research aims at exploring the experiences of probation officers regarding clients in organized crime (BCC) as well as the way how they signal these potential clients.
Mind your mind? Mental resilience among forensic social professionals
ProjectA forensic social professional can experience aggression and tensions in their jobs. In what way a better alignment can be achieved between the needs of professionals and organizations to strengthen mental resilience?
Publications
Education
The Research group Working with Mandated Clients contributes to higher professional education in various ways. The research group develops new degree programmes and modules, including the Master Forensic Social Professional, which was developed in collaboration with the Institute for Law. We also collaborate with other knowledge institutions.
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Collaboration
The research group is co-funded by Reclassering Nederlands (the Dutch Probation Services), the Stichting Verslavingsreclassering GGZ (GGZ Addiction Rehabilitation Foundation), and the Leger des Heils Jeugdzorg & Reclassering (Salvation Army Youth Care & Probation Service).
The research group collaborates on a structural basis with the Research group Value of Rehabilitation of the Saxion University of Applied Sciences and the Research group Addiction Science of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen.
Our professors and researchers
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Widya de Bakker
Researcher Knowledge Analysis Societal Security, Working with Mandated Clients Show profile
