De verruimde minnelijke schikking: een ‘meerwaarde’ of ‘win-win’ situatie?

Evaluatie van de praktijk

authors An Raes
  Tom Van Wynsberge
  Saaske De Keulenaer
  Emilie Deveux
  Kris Decramer
  Ariane Deladrière
journal Panopticon (ISSN: 771-1409)
volume Jaargang | Volume 36
issue Issue 2. March / April 2015
section Artikel | Article
date of publication March 25, 2015
language Dutch
pagina 88
keywords openbaar ministerie, extended settlement in criminal cases, extended dissolution of the criminal procedure by payment of a fine, public prosecutor’s office, verruimde minnelijke schikking in strafzaken, VVSBG
abstract

The extended settlement in criminal cases: an ‘added value’ or a ‘win-win’ situation? Evaluation of the
current situation
In 2011, the scope of the settlement was extended considerably. That poses a new challenge for the public prosecutor’s office in the handling of criminal cases. Nevertheless, the new procedure has been highly criticized as well. Therefore, the Service for Criminal Policy was asked to evaluate how the extended settlement is applied in practice, which problems arise and which effect it has on the functioning of the public prosecutor’s office and the justice department in general. During the brief evaluation, 60 prosecutors were interviewed and quantitative data were collected.
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