National Police Database (BVH)
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
BVH registers criminal files as well, containing information on the alleged offender.
Relationship with victim
This means that it is recorded whether there exists a previous relationship between victim and offender (e.g. family, intimate partner) or not (stranger).
Re-offending
Witness
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
Relationship with victim/perpetrator
Incident description by witness
Children witnessing IPV incident
Not systematically, not an obligated field.
Incident
Code system used
- Specific to organisation
Incident code/maatschappelijke klasse aanduiding, see Informatie Model Politie (IMP)
Description of incident
- Date/time
- Harm/injuries
- Location
- Type of violence
Date and location of incident.
Protection order
Police is in charge of issuing restraining order (placing offender out of the home in cases of IPV), however this is not systematically recorded as some police forces use the application "Huisverbod Online", which falls outside BVH.
Civil justice data
Police is in charge of issuing restraining order (placing offender out of the home in cases of IPV), however this is not systematically recorded as some police forces use the application "Huisverbod Online", which falls outside BVH.
Incident respond resources
No information collected on Incident respond resources
Prosecution process
Stages of prosecution process
- Withdrawals of complaints
- Withdrawals of prosecution support
- N. of cases reported for each incident
- N. of cases initiated for each type of incident
- N. of cases referred to court
- Types of offense(s)
Defendant pleas/verdicts
No information collected on Defendant pleas/verdicts
Average time case through criminal justice system
Outcomes
Perpetrator
N. of cases resulting in arrest
Charged with more than one offense
List of offenses
Probation
Bail/remand
Prisons
Victim
Death as result of incident
Characteristics
Storage System
- In paper form
- Electronically (single files)
- Electronically (database)
The police uses the system Basis Voorziening Handhaving (BVH) for its administration of cases, record information on incidents. The information in the BHV has been made accessible and comparable though the GIDS database ("Geïntegreerde Interactieve Databank voor Strategische bedrijfsinformatie"). GIDS has is own definitions and counting rules.
Frequency of updating
Quality assurance process
Details on persons are cross checked with the Municipality data (Gegevens Basis Administratie or GBA). Moreover the police has done a few samples to check the quality of their data (including the linking of cases to the domestic violence project code), as all police forces had changed their system to BVH in 2009. The sample showed that most cases information was accurately file din, but not 100% still. Moreover data on Protection Orders is very unreliable, as some regions enter that information in BVH, while others use a different application outside of BVH called "Huisverbod Online".
Comparability
- Geographical
- Over time
- None
This has improved since the introduction of a national system (BHV) and using the national database GIDS
Timeliness
No information available
Current developments
Development of data collection system.
Relation with third parties
Reporter
- Victim
- Witness
- Offender
CBS uses BVH/GIDS data for their Handhaving and Criminaliteit report. see http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/F6EDB36D-B71B-4044-98F6-733EE252E289/0/20...
