Kompensata państwowa dla ofiar przestępstw – krytyczna analiza polskiej ustawy kompensacyjnej

The paper is a critical analysis of the provisions of the Polish Compensation Act, in which the author demonstrates that this law does not work well in practice. An attempt is also made to answer the question about the main reasons why it is so. Apart from the identification of the problem, de lege ferenda conclusions are drawn, which in the author’s opinion, when addressed, could change the currently unfavourable for victims of crimes regulations.