Objectives: To cross-validate the existing peak rate of oxygen consumption (VO2peak) prediction equations in Dutch law enforcement officers and to determine whether these prediction equations can be used to predict VO2peak for groups and in a single individual. A further objective was to report normative …

De wijkagent wordt nogal eens gezien als het visitekaartje van de politie naar de burger. De wijkagent beweegt zich tussen de burgers, tussen een groot aantal partners in de wijk en heeft intern te maken met verschillende afdelingen als de recherche en de surveillancedienst. Met al deze partijen wil …

In 2007, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations initiated the program 'Veilige Publieke Taak'. It was designed to provide employers with guidelines and solutions for handling aggression and violence towards employees with a public task. One of the most important initiatives of this …

Roma are a transnational nomadic population. For centuries, they have traveled around the world due to persecutions or in search of economic prosperity. Roma are a heterogeneous minority. They are not one group. There are many different groups of Roma. Nowadays, an estimated 12 million Roma live in Europe …

In the Netherlands, an individual’s problem is not usually considered to be the community’s problem. If you are a nuisance, you are sent out of the class. If a child is awkward in its dealings with others, it is sent for training in social skills. And if youths hang around the street and people feel …

This paper seeks to review the situation of the right to equality combined with the actual caste system in India. The world's longest surviving social hierarchy, is strongly rooted in the Indian society for over 2000 years. The first chapter focuses on the basis of the caste system deriving from Hinduism. …

The principal aim of this study is to explore the relations between work domains and the work-related learning of workers. The article is intended to provide insight into the learning experiences of Dutch police officers during the course of their daily work. Interviews regarding actual learning events …