Study title

Teacher Victimisation in Finland 2008

Dataset ID Number

FSD2672

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2672
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2672

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kivivuori, Janne (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula))
• Salmi, Venla (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula))

Abstract

The survey studied offensive behaviour, abuse and violence against teachers in lower secondary schools in Finland. The main themes were teacher attitudes towards young people's criminal behaviour, and abuse and violence committed against teachers by pupils or parents.

First, the respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to young people's criminal acts. Opinions on the factors causing young people to break the law were charted.

Next theme pertained to teacher victimization. The teachers were asked whether pupils had subjected them to offensive behaviour, sexual harassment, physical violence or other disruptive behaviour or had threatened them with physical violence. Further questions investigated the number of incidents during the school year 2007-2008, the location of the most recent incident, characteristics of the offender (for instance, gender, age, class, mother tongue, non-Finnish ethnicity), and which parties had been informed of the incident (parents, safety representative, head teacher, the police). The survey also explored whether the parents or other adults close to the child had subjected the respondents to verbal abuse, violence or threat of violence. Further questions covered the characteristics of the most recent offender (gender, relationship to the pupil) and which parties had been informed.

The respondents were asked whether a pupil, parent or other adult close to the child had threatened them with or had launched a legal action against them. One question studied in what kind of situations the respondents would intervene. The situations mentioned included, for instance, pupils engaging in disruptive behaviour within the school, two 15-year olds fighting, pupils smoking in a non-smoking area, a grocery selling beer to a 15-year-old pupil.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, number of years in teaching, role in the school, and in which instructional levels taught during the school year 2007-2008.

Keywords

antisocial behaviour; crime victims; juvenile delinquency; parents; schoolteachers; student behaviour; teacher conditions of employment; teacher-student relationship; teachers

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Crime and law enforcement (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Working conditions (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

• National Research Institute of Legal Policy

Data Producers

• National Research Institute of Legal Policy

Time Period Covered

2008

Collection Dates

2008-04 – 2008-05

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Teachers in Finnish-speaking lower secondary schools

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability

Participating schools were selected through a stratified random sample, drawn by Statistics Finland for the Juvenile Deliquency in Finland 2008 survey. All teachers working in the sampled schools received the teacher victimisation questionnaire. The sample of schools was stratified by municipality type and was nationally representative. 69 out of 70 sampled schools participated in the teacher study. Contact teachers distributed the questionnaires to other teachers in the school and returned them to the researchers.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

68

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

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FSD1128 Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study 1995

FSD1140 Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study 1996

FSD1184 Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study 1998

FSD1213 Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study 2001

FSD1214 Teacher Victimisation in Finland 1997

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable identifying the school has been removed from the data because labels were missing.

Weighting

The data contain a weight variable (bv2) to adjust for sampling design and school level non-response.

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

Kivivuori, Janne (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula)) & Salmi, Venla (National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula)): Teacher Victimisation in Finland 2008 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2672

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 National Institute of 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: National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Janne Kivivuori, PL 444, 00531 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

Salmi, Venla & Kivivuori, Janne (2009). Opettajiin kohdistuva häirintä ja väkivalta 2008. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. Oikeuspoliittisen tutkimuslaitoksen verkkokatsauksia; 10/2009. http://www.optula.om.fi/1247667027833 [viitattu 09.09.2011]