Study title

Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study 1998

Alternative Title

The Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study 1998

Dataset ID Number

FSD1184

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1184
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1184

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Aromaa, Kauko (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula))
• Kivivuori, Janne (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula))

Abstract

The survey studied the extent, frequency and nature of self-reported offending among Finns aged 15-16 and their attitudes towards crime. Questions covered truancy, running away from home, using public transport without paying, driving without a licence, doing graffiti, vandalising school property or other property, shoplifting, stealing from school or home, car theft and buying stolen goods. If the respondents admitted to having committed any of these offences, they were asked about their age at the time and whether the police had been notified. Recent incidents were charted more thoroughly (whether they had been alone or with friends, value of the stolen goods etc.). The respondents were also asked whether they had experienced phases during which they did more shoplifting than usual.

Some questions charted the respondents' participation in drink-driving, bullying, fights, assaults and use of marijuana, hashish or other illegal drugs. The survey carried a set of attitudinal questions about sexual offences (especially rape), the acceptability of breaking the law, sentencing, reasons of young people for breaking the law, and the acceptability of different offences and actions. The respondents were asked how likely it was that they themselves would commit certain offences in the future (truancy, shoplifting, assaults, use of mild drugs). Their experiences of being victims of bullying, thefts, physical attacks or threats were also questioned. Girls were asked if they had experienced sexual harassment. Last set of questions covered respondents' health problems.

Background variables included, among others, respondents' sex, age, academic achievement, employment status, use of money, leisure activities, dating, alcohol use, smoking, punishments received from parents, parents' occupation and employment status. There were also two variables connected to type of municipality.

Keywords

adolescents; alcohol use; assault; bullying; crime victims; criminal damage; disorderly conduct; drug abuse; juvenile delinquency; offences; schoolchildren; sexual offences; theft; traffic offences; youth

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Crime and law enforcement (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• National Research Institute of Legal Policy

Data Producers

• National Research Institute of Legal Policy

Time Period Covered

1998

Collection Dates

1998-04-22 – 1998-05-15

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

9th grade pupils (aged 15-16) in Finnish-speaking municipal comprehensive schools.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability

At first each Finnish province (according to the old province division) was stratified into three subgroups/strata: urban municipalities, densely populated municipalities and rural municipalities. From each strata one school was randomly selected, using a list of all municipal Finnish-speaking schools with 9th grade. In addition, one school was sampled from the biggest city of each province. The metropolitan area was divided into four strata: Espoo (1 school), Vantaa (1 school) and Helsinki (2 municipal schools). The sample did not include any private schools, which means that approximately 40% of 9th grade pupils in Helsinki were excluded from the survey. There are only a few private schools in other parts of the country, so their exclusion makes no difference. Altogether 4503 pupils from 46 schools participated in the survey. Pupils completed the questionnaire in class, placed it in an envelope and sealed the envelope themselves.

Data were collected by contact teachers in sampled schools, instructed by National Research Institute of Legal Policy.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

88.30

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data contain variable koulu (school id) created at FSD, which is based on the original school id. This variable allows identifying the observations belonging to the same cluster.

The names of the participating schools have been removed from the data. The data do not contain open-ended questions. For reasons of privacy, exceptional or erroneous values of variables were classified as missing information when necessary.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Aromaa, Kauko (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula)) & Kivivuori, Janne (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula)): Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study 1998 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-05-03). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1184

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

Users of the data shall send the Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy a copy of all reports, articles, other publications or unpublished theses based on or using the data. The copies shall be sent to the mail address: Department of Social Research, Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, Janne Kivivuori, P.O. Box 10, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Nuoret rikosten tekijöinä ja uhreina (2002). Toim. Janne Kivivuori. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja; 188.

Savolainen, Jukka & Kivivuori, Janne (2000). Domestic deliquency, parental strain, and psychosomatic symptons: A specific moderating effect of deliquent coping. Paper read at the 52nd annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November 15-18, 2000, San Francisco, California.

Kivivuori, Janne & Salmi, Venla (2005). Nuorten rikoskäyttäytyminen 1995-2004: teemana sosiaalinen pääoma. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja; 214.

Kivivuori, Janne & Karvonen, Sakari & Rimpelä, Matti (2001). Nuorten rikoskäyttäytymisen yleisyys kyselyjen valossa. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen tutkimustiedonantoja; 54.

Kivivuori, Janne (1999). Nuorten rikoskäyttäytyminen 1995-1998. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja; 161.

Kivivuori, Janne (2000). Delinquent behaviour, Psychosomatic symptoms and the idea of 'Healthy delinquency'. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 1(2), 121-139.

Honkatukia, Päivi (2002). "Lähentelijöitä riittää". Tyttöjen kokemuksia sukupuolisesta ahdistelusta. Teoksessa Päivi Honkatukia, Johanna Niemi-Kiesiläinen & Sari Näre: Lähentelyistä raiskauksiin. Tyttöjen kokemuksia häirinnästä ja seksuaalisesta väkivallasta. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusseura. -(Nuorisotutkimusseuran julkaisuja: 13.

Nuorten rikoskäyttäytyminen ja uhrikokemukset: Nuorisorikollisuuskyselyiden tuloksia 1995-2008 (2009). Toim. Salmi, Venla. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen tutkimuksia; 246.

Salmi, Venla (2008). Nuorten rikoskäyttäytyminen 1995-2008 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen verkkokatsauksia; 9/2008. http://www.optula.om.fi/1247667029769 [viitattu 9.7.2013].

Kivivuori, J. (2014). Understanding Trends in Personal Violence: Does Cultural Sensitivity Matter? In Michael Tonry (ed): Why Crime Rates Fall, and Why they Don't. Crime and Justice, Volume 43. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Kivivuori, J. & Salmi, V. & Walser, S. (2013). Supervision Mode Effects in Computerized Delinquency Surveys at School: Finnish Replication of a Swiss Experiment. Journal of Experimental Criminology 9:1, 91-107.

Kivivuori, J. (2011). Discovery of Hidden Crime. Self-Report Surveys in Criminal Policy Context. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Kivivuori, J. & Salmi, V. (2009). The Challenge of Special Needs Education in School-Based Delinquency Research. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 10:1, 2-17.

Kivivuori, J. (2013). Methodological studies in the development of Finnish crime surveys: Selected examples. In: Methodologies and methods in criminology. NSfKs 55. forskerseminar. Scandinavian Research Council fro Criminology, Aarhus Universitet.

Kivivuori, Janne & Aaltonen, Mikko & Näsi, Matti & Suonpää, Karoliina & Danielsson, Petri (2018). Kriminologia: rikollisuus ja kontrolli muuttuvassa yhteiskunnassa. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.

Kaakinen, M. & Näsi, M. (2021). Nuorisorikollisuuden esiintyvyys ja tekomäärät Suomessa 1995-2020. Kriminologia, 1(1), 5-19. https://kriminologia.journal.fi/article/view/109017.