At least 1,900 Dutch detainees are detained abroad yearly. They are housed in foreign detention because they are accused of having committed a criminal offence in a country that is not their country of residence. This study used data regarding Dutch detainees who were supervised by the International Office of the Dutch Probation Service to examine detainees’ background characteristics and their offending behaviour after returning to the Netherlands. The findings show that 23% of the Dutch detainees reoffended within 2 years of release from foreign detention. Furthermore, several background characteristics, such as their age at release from foreign detention, are related to reoffending behaviour.

每年至少有 1,900 名荷兰被拘留者在国外被拘留。他们被关押在外国拘留所，因为他们被指控在其居住国以外的国家犯下刑事罪行。本研究使用有关受荷兰缓刑服务国际办公室监督的荷兰被拘留者的数据来检查被拘留者的背景特征和他们返回荷兰后的犯罪行为。调查结果显示，23% 的荷兰被拘留者在从外国拘留中获释后 2 年内再次犯罪。此外，一些背景特征，例如他们从外国拘留中获释的年龄，与再犯罪行为有关。