Herry Koers - A retrospective 'Thirty years unparalleled'. Nico Van Zelst - 'Ik ben Gerrit en ik steel als de raven'. Rolf Streng - 'We have to put more energy into getting people out of their criminal pattern'. Henk Beukers - 'The probation service has the know-how to set up a probation organisation from scratch'. Douwe Rosenberg (Germany) - 'Punishment is correct, but that is just the beginning...'. Leny Plumridge (England) - 'It is about being where you are needed'. Joost van der Laan (France) - 'Each man has a conception of God'. Anneke Cohen (Spain) - 'It is your family you miss most, not your freedom'. Gerard & Ria Vlak (United States) - 'Prison in the United States is a hard world'. Georgine Uiterloo (Surinam) - 'I want to be a shoulder'. Trees van den Aardweg (French Guiana) - 'It is necessary for someone to listen to theses boys'. Guus van Bladel (Malaysia/Singapore) - 'Every detainee has to deal with unnecessary grief'. Vera Hazelhoff Roelfzema (Morocco) - 'What we are doing is educating'. Joop Spoor - Epafras - 'Being in prison does not mean you are worse than someone who is not'. Annemieke Ruigrok - 'We do not take care of detainees, we provide counselling'. Ben Bot (Minister for Foreign Affairs) - 'If a country does not want to be a party to the Council of Europe Convention, it is your task to conclude a bilateral treaty'. Marjorie Bonn (Ministry of Justice) - 'Being principled solves nothing; everybody just remains exactly as they are'. Enforcement of the Council of Europe's Criminal Judgements Transfer Act. Mary Broekhuizen (A visiting report from the Dominican Republic) - 'A flagrant violation of human rights'. Christiaan Soeters (Detained in Mexico) - 'Mexico is no comparison with the Netherlands'. Prof. Dr. Anton van Kalmthout - Epilogue - 'Reassessment and appreciation of volunteers'. Dutch Probation Service, mission, facts & figures.