kriminalvård
Swedish
Etymology
Compound of kriminal- (“criminal”) + vård (“care”), attested since 1950.
Noun
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- a government agency tasked with incarcerating suspects and convicts, including the services involved thereof
- any state's collective treatment of convicts
Derived terms
- kriminalvårdare (“prison guards”)
- kriminalvårdsantalt (“correctional institution”)
- kriminalvårdschef
- kriminalvårdsinspektör
- kriminalvårdsmyndighet
- kriminalvårdspersonal (“prison staff”)
- kriminalvårdspolitik
- kriminalvårdsreform
- kriminalvårdsstyrelse
- kriminalvårdssystem
- kriminalvårdsverk
References
- kriminalvård in Svensk ordbok (SO)