The Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation

To secure the viability of the new foundation, this initiative has been supported by major one-time contributions by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation and the Swedish Government.

The Jerry Lee Foundation has transfered its earlier financial commitments from SPICA to the new foundation. The Hitachi Mirai Foundation has undertaken to support the new foundation at the current level of its annual contribution to SPICA; this commitment will continue for the foreseeable future, subject to the yearly approval of its board. The Hitachi Mirai Foundation will also endeavour to support and finance the participation of Japanese criminologists in the Stockholm Criminology Symposium.

The founders of the new foundation are the Torsten Söderberg Foundation and the Swedish Government. They are joined by the original donor to the Prize, Jerry Lee (through the Jerry Lee Foundation) and the Hitachi Mirai Foundation as co-founders of the new foundation.

To this end, on 11 May 2012, SPICA was dissolved and transferred its funds, rights and obligations, including the aforementioned agreement with the Jerry Lee Foundation, to the new Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation.