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This article discusses the application of latent Markov modelling for the analysis of recidivism data. We briefly examine the relations of Markov modelling with log–linear analysis, pointing out pertinent differences as well. We show how the restrictive Markov model may be more easily applicable by adding latent variables to the model, in which case the latent Markov model is a dynamic version of the latent class model. As an illustration, we apply latent Markov analysis on an empirical data set of juvenile prosecution careers, showing how the Markov analyses producing well‐fitting and interpretable solutions. We end by comparing the possible contributions of Markov modelling in recidivism research, outlining its drawbacks as well. Recommendations and directions for future research conclude the article.

This pilot study investigates the effect on parent-child attachment relationships of same-age versus mixed-age grouping in daycare centers in the Netherlands. For 45 children in the age range of 2 to 6 years, parent-child attachment relationships were assessed by means of the Attachment
Q-Sort. It was found that attachment security did not differ significantly for children who had been in mixed-age or in same-age grouping, or who had experienced a change of daycare center.

This article presents the findings from a study into the chances for refugee status, or a temporary residence permit, for three cohorts of male and female asylum‐seekers to the Netherlands. The study investigated whether men and women with similar backgrounds in terms of country of origin, social and demographic characteristics have a similar likelihood of obtaining permission to stay in the Netherlands.The quantitative findings are corroborated with an in‐depth qualitative study of refugees' files from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), as well as with an experiment in which decision‐making personnel were asked to judge hypothetical case studies of refugees in which gender as well as other gender‐specific properties were systematically varied.We recommend that further in‐depth studies be conducted to capture elements in the decision‐making process that could not be investigated in our kind of large‐scale study.