ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the period 1991–1994 when a center-right coalition governed. Sweden also went through a severe financial crisis. In the early 1990s, the decentralization and privatization of the welfare state escalated. The Swedish welfare state started now to transform from a model dominated by the public sector toward one in which non-profit organizations (NPOs) and private organizations delivered social services parallel to the public bodies. Crime policies also shifted away from rehabilitation and prevention of crime, and gender was replacing class as the primary focus of political analysis. In tandem with these developments, the number of victim support centers multiplied quickly, along with an increasing social and political interest in crime victims. In 1994, only six years after BOJ formed, the number of centers had reached 86. BOJ was now established and a major actor in the field. In 1994, the center-right government proposed one of the most noteworthy bills for crime victims, which included the establishment of a Crime Victim Fund supported by fees paid by convicted people. BOJ launched the idea of the fund, which since 1994 has been BOJ’s main source of funding.
