Summary Robbers returning to the municipality. Evaluation of the BIOS Pilot

On the recommendation of the chairman of the Robbery Task Force (Taskforce Overvallen), Mr Aboutaleb, and at the order of the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice, the pilot Administrative Information Hold-ups and Robberies (BIOS pilot) started on 1 April 2014. During this pilot, the mayors of thirteen municipalities receive information on the return of former prisoners convicted of hold-ups or robberies. Commissioned by the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, Regioplan evaluated the BIOS pilot in the second half of 2015. The results of the study are used to assess whether to continue, adapt or discontinue the information flow.

The full text of the study is only available in Dutch. However, the summary is also available in English (see below).