Cover; Title page; 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1.1 Decision making procedure; 1.2 The substance of decisions; 1.3 Use of alternatives to detention; 1.4 Review of pre-trial detention; 1.5 Case outcomes; 1.6 Recommendations; 2 INTRODUCTION; 2.1 Background and objectives; 2.2 Regional standards; 2.2.1 Procedure; 2.2.2 Substance; 2.2.3 Alternatives to detention; 2.2.4 Review of pre-trial detention; 2.2.5 Implementation; 2.3 Pre-trial detention in the Netherlands; 3 METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT; 3.1 General methodology; 3.2 Methodology in the Netherlands; 4 CONTEXT; 4.1 Introduction
4.2 The legal framework4.2.1 Stages of pre-trial detention; 4.2.2 Criteria for pre-trial detention; 4.2.3 Length of pre-trial detention; 4.2.4 Alternatives to pre-trial detention; 4.2.5 Legal aid; 4.3 The existing debate on pre-trial detention; 4.4 Recent reforms and future proposals; 4.5 Jurisprudence of the ECtHR concerning the Netherlands; 5 PROCEDURE OF PRE-TRIAL DETENTION DECISION MAKING; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Access to a lawyer and the case file; 5.3 Right to be present; 5.4 Length of pre-trial detention hearings; 6 SUBSTANCE OF PRE-TRIAL DETENTION DECISION MAKING; 6.1 Introduction
6.2 High amount of pre-trial detention6.3 Grounds for pre-trial detention; 6.4 The reasoning of pre-trial detention decisions; 7 ALTERNATIVES TO PRE-TRIAL DETENTION; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The conditional suspension of pre-trial detention; 8 REVIEW OF PRE-TRIAL DETENTION; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Raadkamer hearings; 8.3 Pro forma trials; 9 OUTCOMES OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH PRE-TRIAL DETENTION ISAPPLIED; 9.1 Outcomes; 9.2 Total duration of pre-trial detention; 10 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 10.1 Conclusions; 10.2 Recommendations; REFERENCES
