Study title

Public Safety Survey 2003

Dataset ID Number

FSD2008

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2008

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Police Departments of State Provincial Offices of Mainland Finland

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Suominen, Petteri (State Provincial Office of Southern Finland. Police Department)

Abstract

The survey charted citizens' views on and experiences of policing, public safety, victimisation, security issues, and services of the residential area. The respondents assessed the following aspects of their residential area among others: closeness to nature, job opportunities, recreational facilities, and the abundance of services. They rated regional services with a scale of 4-10 (ten being the highest grade), and these included emergency and protective services, children's day care, mental health services, transport, and the treatment of drug and alcohol addicts. Disturbing factors (prostitution, vandalism, polluted environment, drug traffic) in the area were also studied.

The respondents' sense of safety was probed by asking whether they feel safe walking outside late in the evening in the weekends. Perceptions of changes in road safety in the past few years and the seriousness of the crime situation were also examined. The respondents were asked about personal experiences of being a crime victim in the previous three years and where and when the incident had taken place.

Views on how the police in had succeeded in taking care of their duties were studied. The respondents evaluated the importance of police services (e.g. arriving at the scene of the crime and solving crimes fast and the possibility of reporting a crime online). They were also asked what kinds of issues worried them about the future. These included financial difficulties, domestic violence, loneliness, cuts in social and health services, increase in crime and drug abuse. Perceptions of different measures that would improve their residential area's attractiveness and safety, such as better street lights, drug education and traffic control, were queried on. Lastly, the respondents were asked how closely they identified with different groups or areas, such as family, school or work community, town or municipality, Finnish society and the European Union.

Background variables included respondent's gender, year of birth, province, status in employment, mother tongue, household composition, basic and vocational education, number of children under 18, type of accommodation, housing tenure, region of residence, years lived in the municipality and region.

Keywords

community safety; crime and security; crime prevention; emergency and protective services; neighbourhoods; offences; personal safety; police services; residential areas; road safety; social services

Topic Classification

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

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Atkos

Data Producers

• Police Departments of State Provincial Offices of Mainland Finland

Time Period Covered

2003

Collection Dates

2003-08-15 – 2003-09-09

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged between 15 and 74 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands and Helsinki)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample of 108,000 persons was selected from the population register of Finland.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

46.6

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.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD2232 Public Safety Survey 2006

FSD2502 Public Safety Survey 2009

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The region of residence variable in the data was formed based on the variable on jurisdictional districts (kihlakunta), which is why it does not fully correspond to the region classification of Statistics Finland.

4% of answers were received via the Internet.

The variables identifying municipality and postal code have been removed from the data during archiving.

Weighting

The data contain a weight variable (paino03) based on population distributions by region of residence.

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

Police Departments of State Provincial Offices of Mainland Finland: Public Safety Survey 2003 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2007-01-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2008

Deposit Requirement

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

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

Poliisin Lapin lääninjohto tiedottaa: kansallisen turvallisuustutkimuksen tulokset valmiit. Mediatiedote 24.2.2004 [verkkodokumentti]. http://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/llh/home.nsf/pages/1D6FC8E8FEAAAFFEC2256E40004B1553 [viitattu 30.8.2004].

Sälli, Timo (2006). Kuntalaisen turvallisuudentunteeseen vaikuttavat tekijät asuinympäristössä. Case-tutkimuksena Asikkala ja Kauniainen. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Hallintotieteen pro gradu -tutkielma.

Suominen, Petteri (2005). Turvallisuustutkimus 2004 Etelä-Suomen läänissä. Hämeenlinna: Etelä-Suomen lääninhallitus. Etelä-Suomen lääninhallituksen julkaisuja; 90.

Piippo, Marianna & Kangas, Risto & Kääriäinen, Juha (2006). Paikallisen turvallisuusyhteistyön arviointi viiden kunnan alueella. Poliisiammattikorkeakoulun tiedotteita 51/2006. Espoo: Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu.

Keinänen, Anssi (2007). "Miten huolestunut olette siitä, että omaisuuttanne varastetaan...". Suomalaisten kokema omaisuusrikollisuuden pelko vuosina 2003 ja 2006. Oikeus 2007:36(3), 264-282.

Keinänen, Anssi (2007). Kasautuvatko rikosuhrikokemukset [verkkodokumentti]. Edilex 33/2007. Edilex Asiantuntijakirjoitukset 18.12.2007, referee-artikkeli. www.edilex.fi/lakikirjasto/4916 [viitattu 20.12.2007].

Heiskanen, Markku & Sirén, Reino & Aromaa, Kauko (2004). Suomalaisten turvallisuus 2003. Vuoden 2003 haastattelututkimuksen ennakkotietoja suomalaisten tapaturmien ja rikosten kohteeksi joutumisesta ja pelosta. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen tutkimustiedonantoja; 58. Poliisiammattikorkeakoulun tiedotteita; 29.