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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kriminalvård	kriminalvårds
	definite	kriminalvården	kriminalvårdens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

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)