Study title

Public Safety Survey 2009

Dataset ID Number

FSD2502

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2502
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2502

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 phenomena (e.g. deviant behaviour of youth, general lack of cleanliness in public places, drinking in public places, vandalism) occurred in their neighbourhood.

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. Worries 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 municipal services, 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 also 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 Suomi

Data Producers

• Police Departments of State Provincial Offices of Mainland Finland

Time Period Covered

2009

Collection Dates

2009-04 – 2009-05

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 112,534 persons was randomly drawn from the Population Information System of Finland's Population Register Centre. Altogether 46,139 persons responded, of whom 15.3% via the Internet.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

41

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

155 variables and 46139 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2008 Public Safety Survey 2003

FSD2232 Public Safety Survey 2006

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Police Departments of State Provincial Offices of Mainland Finland: Public Safety Survey 2009 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2010-01-05). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2502

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Disclaimer

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Related Materials

Suominen, Petteri (2009). Turvallinen Suomi 2009 : tutkimus suomalaisten turvallisuuskäsityksistä. Helsinki : Sisäasiainministeriö. Poliisiosasto. - (Poliisin ylijohdon julkaisusarja 7/2009)

Related Publications

Suominen, Petteri (2009). Suomi - Euroopan turvallisin maa? Tutkimus suomalaisten turvallisuuskäsityksistä. Helsinki: Sisäasiainministeriö. Poliisiosasto. Poliisin ylijohdon julkaisusarja; 7/2009.

Kuussaari, Kristiina & Pietikäinen, Minna & Puhakka, Tiina (2010). Nuoret ja aikuiset tilastojen ja kyselytutkimusten valossa. Teoksessa Ohipuhuttu nuoruus? Nuorten elinolot -vuosikirja (toim. Anu-Hanna Anttila, Kristiina Kuussaari & Tiina Puhakka), 16-58. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto. Nuorisotutkimusseura, Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos THL & Valtion nuorisoasiain neuvottelukunta Nuora.

Oksanen, Atte & Keipi, Teo (2013). Young People as Victims of Crime on the Internet: A Population-based Study in Finland. In. Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies, 8(4), 298-309.