kriminalvård

Swedish

Etymology

kriminal- (“criminal”) +‎ vård (“care”), attested since 1950.

Noun

kriminalvård c

1. a government agency tasked with incarcerating suspects and convicts, including the services involved thereof
2. any state's collective treatment of convicts

Declension

Declension of kriminalvård
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kriminalvård	kriminalvården	—	—
Genitive	kriminalvårds	kriminalvårdens	—	—

Derived terms

• kriminalvårdare (“corrections officer”)
• kriminalvårdsantalt (“correctional institution”)
• kriminalvårdschef
• kriminalvårdsinspektör
• kriminalvårdsmyndighet
• kriminalvårdspersonal (“corrections staff”)
• kriminalvårdspolitik
• kriminalvårdsreform
• kriminalvårdsstyrelse
• kriminalvårdssystem
• kriminalvårdsverk

References

• kriminalvård in Svensk ordbok (SO)