Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority

The Swedish Crime Victim Authority (Swedish: Brottsoffermyndigheten) is a Swedish government agency which provides compensation and support for victims of crime.[1] It is located in Umeå and has nationwide responsibility for three areas:

Victims Fund

The fund is distributed for research and other victim-oriented projects driven in a non-profit, public or private. The fund is built up mainly by a special fee of 1 000 SEK each convicted person must pay if the crime is punishable by a fine sentence. Distributed annually about 40 million from the Fund.

Learning Center

Victim Agency will gather and disseminate information and research to help improve treatment and treatment of victims. It is bl. a. the information to other authorities, NGOs and victims. Brottsoffermyndigheten also arranges conferences, theme days and courses.

See also

References
  1. Victims, Council of Europe, p. 240
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