Study title

Young Male Crime Survey 1962

Dataset ID Number

FSD2345

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2345
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2345

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Anttila, Inkeri (University of Helsinki. Department of Criminal and Procedural Law)
• Jaakkola, Risto (Civic Education Centre)

Abstract

The survey covered self-reported crime of Finnish young males, focusing particularly on theft and other property crime, and alcohol-related offences and their punishments. The survey was first of its kind in Finland. It formed part of the comparative Nordic Draftee Research Programme conducted in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, coordinated by the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology (Nordiska Samarbetsrådet för Kriminologi). The data have been manually coded from the original questionnaires in the National Research Institute of Legal Policy in 2005.

The survey investigated the respondents' motor vehicle use and whether they had been driving while intoxicated. Regarding theft, the respondents were asked whether they had been victims of theft and if so whether they had told the police, and whether they themselves had participated in theft, particularly theft of motor vehicles or bicycles or theft from vehicles. Further questions covered experiences of joyriding and what had happened to the stolen vehicles (were the vehicles kept, sold, destroyed, returned). Theft from workplace, shoplifting, age when the shoplifting occurred, theft of ashtrays or such from cafes/restaurants, and participation in other types of theft were charted.

The survey studied burglary by asking whether the respondents had unlawfully entered any property, which method was used for entry and what age the respondent had been at the time. Receiving, buying or selling stolen goods were charted. Regarding robbery, the respondents were asked whether they had been the victims of theft involving use or threat of violence, whether they had informed the police of this and whether they themselves had taken something from someone by using or threatening with violence. They were also asked whether they had left restaurants or hotels without paying.

Regarding alcohol-related offences and their punishments, the respondents were asked whether they had participated in smuggling or illicit preparation of alcoholic substances, buying illicit alcoholic substances, or disorderly conduct while intoxicated. They were also asked whether they had had dealings with the police and other authorities because of intoxication and other offences committed, and what kind of punishment they had received. Opinions on the severity of Finnish punishments were charted as well as whether the respondents had deliberately damaged road signs or streetlights. One theme covered the respondents' knowledge of the legal age of consent and whether the respondents thought they had had sex with an underage girl and if so, what had her age been.

Background variables included the language of the questionnaire (Finnish or Swedish), location of the call-up, the respondent's year of birth, education, municipality of residence, type of neighbourhood, and father's social class and occupational status.

Keywords

assault; burglary; crime victims; crimes against persons; crimes against property; criminal damage; drinking offences; juvenile delinquency; punishment; robbery; shoplifting; theft; traffic offences; youth

Topic Classification

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

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Institute of Criminology
• Civic Education Centre

Data Producers

• Institute of Criminology
• Civic Education Centre
• National Research Institute of Legal Policy

Time Period Covered

1943 – 1962-11

Collection Dates

1962-09 – 1962-11

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Helsinki, Rovaniemi

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish young men who had reached the call-up age of 19 years. Finland has conscription army and the draftee age was 19 in 1962.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Cluster

The questionnaire was given to all young men who attended the year 1962 call-ups in Helsinki and Rovaniemi.

The sample consisted of young men who reached the call-up age of 19 during the year 1962. It also included those who had not reported to the previous call-ups and whose case had not been separately evaluated. The survey formed part of the international, comparative Nordic Draftee Research Programme conducted in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. From each country two municipalities were selected, one big city and another municipality with a smaller number of inhabitants. The selected Finnish municipalities were the capital city of Helsinki and the town Rovaniemi. The questionnaires were given to respondents when they were leaving the call-up. 3282 completed questionnaires were returned. The men volunteering for the conscription were probably the group with the highest non-response.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

53.5

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

FSD2346 Young Male Crime Survey 2006

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

There are some overlaps in questionnaire numbering. The data archive does not why. The overlaps were left as they are which affected the calculation of response rate. The Institute of Criminology also served as a background organisation of Anttila and Jaakkola during the research project in 1962-1964. In addition, Jaakkola worked with the research data in the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies.

It seems probable that two different questionnaires were used for the survey: in the questionnaire delivered to FSD the question q12 had two response options while the questionnaire held by the researcher and the person responsible for data entry provides three response options for the same question. The responses have been entered according to the latter questionnaire.

Responses to the question q2 (the respondent's occupation) are missing from the data. The data do not include responses to other open-ended questions than the questions q4, q6_1_1 and q6_1_2, the responses to which have been classified. Question q22 (stealing from a stall or vending machine) was presented only in the Swedish questionnaire.

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

Anttila, Inkeri (University of Helsinki) & Jaakkola, Risto (Civic Education Centre): Young Male Crime Survey 1962 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2345

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 Materials

Classification of occupations used in the study: Statistics Finland's Classification of Occupations 2001.

Salmi, Venla (2008). Nuorten miesten rikoskäyttäytyminen 1962 ja 2006. Rikollisuuden kehitys itse ilmoitetun rikollisuuden kyselyjen valossa. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja; 235

Kivivuori, Janne (2007). Delinquent Behaviour in Nordic Capital Cities. Helsinki: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Finland; Publication no. 227

Related Publications

Salmi, Venla (2008). Nuorten miesten rikoskäyttäytyminen 1962 ja 2006. Rikollisuuden kehitys itse ilmoitetun rikollisuuden kyselyjen valossa. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja; 235

Kleemola, L. (2005). Korkeakouluopiskelijoiden psyykkinen hyvinvointi ja päihteiden käyttö. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Psykologian laitos. Seminaarityö.

Kivivuori, Janne (2007). Delinquent Behaviour in Nordic Capital Cities. Helsinki: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Finland; Publication no. 227

Jaakkola, Risto (1964). Rikollisuus ja sosiaalinen tausta. Tutkimus helsinkiläispoikien todellisesta rikollisuudesta. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma. Helsingin yliopisto. Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta.

Jaakkola, Risto (1965). Sosiaalinen tausta ja rikollisuus. Sosiologia 2(2), 90-100.

Anttila, Inkeri & Jaakkola, Risto (1966). Unrecorded Criminality in Finland. Kriminologinen tutkimuslaitos A:2, Helsinki.