Little research exists on what works in the supervision of offenders with debt problems. This qualitative study aims to provide insight into the barriers probation officers and clients experience during supervision regarding debt and the support that clients need. Interviews were conducted with 33 Dutch probation officers and 16 clients. The results show that debt often negatively influences clients’ lives and hinders their resocialization. Probation officers lack effective methods to support clients with debt problems. To adequately help clients with debt problems, probation officers should obtain more knowledge about effective interventions and collaborate more closely with debt specialists from the probation supervision outset.

关于在有债务问题的罪犯的监督中行之有效的研究很少。这项定性研究旨在深入了解缓刑官员和客户在监督债务和客户所需支持期间遇到的障碍。采访了33位荷兰缓刑官和16位客户。结果表明，债务通常会对客户的生活产生负面影响，并阻碍他们的重新社会化。缓刑官员缺乏有效的方法来为有债务问题的客户提供支持。为了充分帮助有债务问题的客户，缓刑官员应该从缓刑监督一开始就获得更多有关有效干预措施的知识，并与债务专家更紧密地合作。