‘Victims of crime funds’ – contributions by convicted persons

As part of the Victim Support Services project, FRA looked at the availability of systems whereby persons convicted of crime contribute to some sort of 'victims of crime funds' and whether these funds are used to finance victim support services.

 

Countries which have some sort of 'victims of crime funds' and fund usage for victim support services.
  Convicted persons contribute to 'victims of crime fund' - view map Funds are used mainly for victim support organisations
AT    
BE  
BG    
CY    
CZ    
DE    
DK
EE (✔)  
EL    
ES    
FI (✔)  
FR (✔)  
HR    
HU    
IE    
IT    
LT
LU    
LV    
MT    
NL    
PL
PT  
RO    
SE
SI    
SK    
UK
Total 10 5

Note: A tick in brackets shows that a Member State has a system whereby a convicted person contributes to public funds and that this at least in part contributes towards victim support services (for example in Estonia - towards state victim support services); or that such a fund is under development (for example in Finland).

Convicted persons contribute to 'victims of crime fund'

 
 

Source: FRA, 2014

  Convicted persons contribute towards victim support services
  Convicted persons partially contribute towards victim support services
  Convicted persons do not contribute towards victim support services