Officieren van justitie in de 21e eeuw: Een verslag van participerend observatieonderzoek naar de taakopvatting en taakinvulling van officieren van justitie ; Dutch public prosecutors in the 21st century: An account of participant observation on how public prosecutors conceive of and fulfil their duties

Dutch prosecutors are members of the judiciary, charged with executing the tasks of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS). Their role is quasi-judicial, like that of a magistrate. However, they do not enjoy the same independence as judges. Their activities are partly determined by government policy, so they also have a role as public servants. Furthermore prosecutors can be seen as frontline workers as they must meet demands made by law, policy, the courts and the other participants in a criminal case in order to have their decisions accepted easily (and thus in order to work efficiently). In 1... Mehr ...