Study title

Interviews on the History of the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki 2013

Dataset ID Number

FSD2920

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2920

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Jansson, Julia (Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki)

Abstract

This qualitative dataset comprises recordings of interviews covering the organisational history of the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki over the decades, and changes in the prosecutors' work, nature of cases, prosecutor training, and management practices. Other main topics were practices of the office, major changes in the organisation, cooperation with other stakeholders, specialization of prosecutors, and the interviewees' work history and career.

Most interviews were individual face-to-face interviews but there was one face-to-face interview with two interviewees and two telephone interviews. The interviewees were staff members or former staff members of the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki and other professionals (e.g. lawyers, judges, policemen, summoners and prosecutors of the Finnish prosecution services) whose job had involved working closely with the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki. They were interviewed as experts and appeared in their own name. Background information included the interviewee's name, year of birth, education and work history.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

court cases; court officials and personnel; courts; history; judges; law; lawyers; legal procedure; legal profession

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Legislation and legal systems (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• History (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

• Jansson, Julia (Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki)

Time Period Covered

1970 – 2013

Collection Dates

2013-10-10 – 2013-12-19

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Organization/Institution

Universe

Staff members or former staff members of the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki and other professionals (lawyers, judges, police officers, summoners and prosecutors of the Finnish prosecution services)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Collection Mode

Interview

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

24 interviews (25 interviewees in total), 31 MP3 files

Data File Language

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

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

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

Jansson, Julia (Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki): Interviews on the History of the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki 2013 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2014-01-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2920

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

The names of the interviewees or the names of any third parties mentioned in the interviews shall not be revealed in published excerpts from the data without explicit consent. Interviewees may be referred to, for instance, by their occupation (e.g. "former prosecutor", "retired judge"). If an interviewee during the interview forbids the publication of certain parts of the interview or the linking of issues mentioned there to him/her, this request shall be obliged.

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

Jansson, Julia (2014). Helsingin Syyttäjänviraston Historia: Kunniatehtävästä Tulosvastuuseen. Helsinki: Helsingin syyttäjänvirasto.