DDI description: Interviews with Social Workers on the Challenges and Support Needs of Released Prisoners 2024 DDI-kuvailu: Sosiaalityöntekijöiden haastatteluja vapautuvien vankien haasteista ja tuen tarpeesta 2024 4057 Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive 1.0.0 Interviews with Social Workers on the Challenges and Support Needs of Released Prisoners 2024 [metadata]. Metadata version 1.0.0 (2026-06-29). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [producer and distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4057; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4057 FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records), joiden tekijä on Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), on lisensoitu Creative Commons 1.0 Yleismaailmallinen (CC0 1.0) -lisenssillä. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) are licensed under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) license. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) av Finlands samhällsvetenskapliga dataarkiv (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) är licensierade under en Creative Commons 1.0 Universiell (CC0 1.0) licens. Interviews with Social Workers on the Challenges and Support Needs of Released Prisoners 2024 Sosiaalityöntekijöiden haastatteluja vapautuvien vankien haasteista ja tuen tarpeesta 2024 4057 urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4057 10.60686/t-fsd4057 Laurea University of Applied Sciences 05h664633 In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Individual datasets

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1.0 Laurea University of Applied Sciences: Interviews with Social Workers on the Challenges and Support Needs of Released Prisoners 2024 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-06-29). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4057; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4057 prison sentences prison system prisoners social services digitalization social work social workers Social sciences Crime and law enforcement Specific social services: use and availability

The data consists of interviews with social workers regarding the challenges faced by prisoners upon release and their need for support. The data was collected as part of the 'Multiagency social work to support clients released from prison in a digitalizing society (VAPAA)” project, which examined how multi-agency social work can support clients with criminal histories during the transition phase following their release from prison.

The aim of the interviews was to investigate what opportunities and challenges social workers perceive in relation to released prisoners breaking the cycle of crime and reintegrating into society, as well as in the multi-agency social work carried out during the transitional phase following release from prison, as well as how digitalisation is reflected in cooperation during this transitional phase.

The interviews consist of background questions, open-ended questions designed to provide context, and nine questions in the form of statements. At the end, the interviewees were also given the opportunity to elaborate on their answers or raise any other points relating to the topic.

The background information provided includes, amongst other things, the interviewee's gender, age and occupation. Eighteen of the interviews were conducted via Teams and one took place face-to-face on site.

Finland Finland Individual Individual Social workers who provide social services to adults and have experience working with prisoners who are about to be released. Qualitative Cross-section CrossSection Laurea University of Applied Sciences Non-probability: Availability Nonprobability.Availability

An invitation to participate in a voluntary interview was sent to social workers in 10 different wellbeing services county. The invitation specified that participants must work in adult social services and have experience working with prisoners who are about to be released.

Web-based interview Interview.WebBased Face-to-face interview Interview.FaceToFace Interview scheme and/or themes InterviewSchemeAndThemes Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. The data are checked and processed in detail. If necessary, the data are anonymised. Finnish Social Science Data Archive 19 interviews in odt format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version. The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses. 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. Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi. The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data. The author of the data has anonymised it: The anonymisation has been carried out in such a way that individual interviewees or third parties (e.g. colleagues or clients) cannot be identified from the data. Anonymisation has been carried out by completely removing any direct identifiers and strong indirect identifiers from the transcribed data (e.g. references to the organisation, regionally identifiable services, areas of responsibility). Indirect identifiers have been handled at our discretion, for example by categorising them, rephrasing them at a more general level, or substituting identifying details. Where necessary, in addition to individual identifiers, longer sections of text have been removed from the interview transcripts if the interviewee has disclosed sensitive information that could identify them, their colleagues or their organisation. The sections from which identifying details have been removed are indicated in the interview transcripts by square brackets containing three dots or a categorisation. Juvonen, T., Rantala, H., Järveläinen, E. & Rantanen, T. (2025). "Sosiaalityöntekijöiden näkemyksiä monitoimijaisesta sosiaalityöstä ja sosiaalityön digitalisoitumisesta vankilasta vapautumisen nivelvaiheessa." Teoksessa: T., Rantanen, E. Järveläinen & M. Suonio (toim.) Monitoimijainen sosiaalityö vankilasta vapautuvan tukena digitalisoi-tuvassa yhteiskunnassa, s. 27-41. Laurea-julkaisut 241. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-799-735-5 Sosiaalityöntekijöiden näkemyksiä monitoimijaisesta sosiaalityöstä ja sosiaalityön digitalisoitumisesta vankilasta vapautumisen nivelvaiheessa. URN:ISBN:978-951-799-735-5 Juvonen, T., Rantanen, T., Rantala, H., & Suonio, M. (2026). Opportunities and challenges in digital social work with people re-entering society from prison : - Qualitative analysis of Finnish social workers' views. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1921/swssr20252620 Opportunities and challenges in digital social work with people re-entering society from prison : - Qualitative analysis of Finnish social workers' views 10.1921/swssr20252620 Järveläinen, E., Rantala, H., & Suonio, M. (2026). Balancing Bureaucracy and Humane Encounters: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Workers' Ethical Reflections on Supporting Clients with a History of Crime in Finland. Ethics and Social Welfare, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2026.2690004 A Qualitative Analysis of Social Workers' Ethical Reflections on Supporting Clients with a History of Crime in Finland 10.1080/17496535.2026.2690004 Suonio, M., Surakka, K., Juvonen, T. & Rantala, H. (2025). "Haavoittuvuus ja vankilasta vapautuvien tuen tarve aikuissosiaalityössä - Havaintoja VAPAA-hankkeen tulosten pohjalta." Kivistö, M., Kankkonen, H., Kemppainen, T., Orjasniemi, T. & Sirkka, K. (toim.) Tutkiva sosiaalityö: Sosiaalityö haavoittuvuuden kohtaajana. s. 49-58. Talentia-lehti, Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen seura. "Haavoittuvuus ja vankilasta vapautuvien tuen tarve aikuissosiaalityössä - Havaintoja VAPAA-hankkeen tulosten pohjalta."