Study title

Public Safety Survey 2006

Dataset ID Number

FSD2232

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2232
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2232

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 Finnish opinion and experiences on policing, public safety and security, victimisation, and services in the neighbourhood. First, the respondents were asked whether certain factors diminishing the attractiveness of the neighbourhood (e.g. drug dealing, vandalism, drinking in public places) occurred in the area. They were asked how often they walk outside in the population centre of their municipality in the evenings or at night, how safe they felt walking outside in their neighbourhood or in the population centre of the municipality late at night during weekend, and how safe they felt alone at home after dark.

Views were probed on how serious a threat crime was in the neighbourhood. Experience of crime was investigated by asking whether the respondents had been victims of certain crimes (e.g. actual or attempted car or vehicle theft, housebreaking, other type of theft, violent robbery, threat of violence at work, domestic violence, rape) during the past three years, and where this had happened. Fear of crime was charted by asking how worried the respondents were about particular crimes (e.g. housebreaking, fire, traffic accident, rape or sexual harassment, being offered drugs, being threatened with violence) happening to them.

Experiences of the police were studied by asking whether the respondents had had contact with the police as crime victims, witnesses or suspects, while getting a driving licence or a new passport, or during traffic control. The respondents rated with a scale of 4-10 how well the police performed in its tasks (crime prevention, traffic control, handling domestic violence situations, solving crimes, etc.). They also rated how important various police services and tasks were. Worry over certain things happening to them or in general in the future (e.g. loneliness, financial difficulties, illness, cuts in health or police services, exclusion, international terrorism) was charted. Views on whether certain measures would increase the safety of the neighbourhood were studied. The respondents rated the services of the municipality, including care of persons with drug or alcohol problems, child care, youth services, road maintenance, environmental protection, etc. General trust in people and satisfaction with the neighbourhood were charted.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, education, employment status, type of accommodation, housing tenure, type of neighbourhood, number of children aged under 18 living at home, jurisdictional district, and province and region of residence.

Keywords

crime and security; crime victims; fear of crime; neighbourhoods; personal safety; police services; trust

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

• Itella Finland

Data Producers

• Police departments of mainland Finland provinces

Time Period Covered

2006

Collection Dates

2006-04-21 – 2006-05-19

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons aged 15-74 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

A sample of 113,732 persons was randomly drawn from the Population Information System of Finland's Population Register Centre. The data were collected by both a postal survey and an Internet survey. Altogether 51,552 persons responded, of whom 7.1% via the Internet.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

46

Data File Language

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

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Data Version

2.1

Related Datasets

FSD2008 Public Safety Survey 2003

FSD2502 Public Safety Survey 2009

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The region variable has been constructed from the jurisdictional district variable, and is not wholly compatible with the region classification of Statistics Finland.

Variables identifying the respondent's municipality of residence and postal code have been removed from the data.

Weighting

There is a weight variable (pain06) based on the population distribution of the provinces.

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 2006 [dataset]. Version 2.1 (2007-03-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2232

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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

Related Materials

Suominen, Petteri (2006). Turvallinen Suomi 2006 : tutkimus suomalaisten turvallisuuskäsityksistä. Helsinki : Sisäasiainministeriö. Poliisiosasto. - (Poliisin ylijohdon julkaisusarja 13/2006)

Related Publications

Suominen, Petteri (2006). Turvallinen Suomi 2006: tutkimus suomalaisten turvallisuuskäsityksistä. Helsinki: Sisäasiainministeriö. Poliisiosasto. Poliisin ylijohdon julkaisusarja; 13/2006.

Saari, Juho (2010). Yksinäisten yhteiskunta. Helsinki: WSOY.

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].