The Police Authority, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, the National Board of Institutions, and the National Board of Health and Welfare have collaborated on a government assignment since autumn 2024 to develop the work on support for individuals leaving criminal environments.
"We and the rest of society need to get better at finding children and young people who have left criminal environments and paying attention to girls and women in organized crime who need support to be able to leave," says Josefina Gunér, national coordinator at the police, in a press release.
In the police's latest survey of individuals in criminal environments, women are estimated to make up 5 percent of active members in various networks. A clear minority, although the report notes that there is a risk that women's involvement in organized crime is underestimated.
To facilitate access to support for those who have left criminal environments, it is proposed that the police continue to have primary responsibility, but that contact routes should be made clearer, including a special phone number for questions about leaving criminal environments and an adapted website that has been made more accessible to children and young people.
