The Dutch Entrustment Act (TBS): Its Principles and Innovations

Psychomotor Therapy as an Additive Intervention for Violent Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients: A Pilot Study

“…It concerns offenders who, based on an extensive psychiatric and/or psychological evaluation at a special assessment center of the Ministry of Security and Justice, are judged to have diminished responsibility for the offense that they have committed (Van Marle, 2002). The current study included 37 male inpatients who were detained under TBS order because they had committed a severe violent offense.…”

The structural coherence of clinically derived dynamic indicators of reoffending risk

“…The treatment supervisor appears in court as expert witness. The average length of stay in TBS is over five years (for more detail see Van Marle, 2002).…”

Aggression and Social Anxiety Are Associated with Sexual Offending Against Children

“…Another prerequisite for a TBS-sentence is that the offender cannot be held (fully) responsible for his actions. This diminished accountability is defined as a causal relation between a diagnosis of mental illness and/ or personality disorder and the offense committed (e.g., Van Marle, 2000, 2002. To determine such relationship (and the risk of recidivism), suspects are extensively examined by a multidisciplinary team consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, and nurses on the ward in a specialized assessment center of the Dutch Ministry of Justice.…”