FSD2102 Juvenile Delinquency in Finland 2004
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Kivivuori, Janne (National Research Institute of Legal Policy)
Abstract
The survey charts self-reported juvenile delinquency, experiences of crime victimisation, and attitudes to crime. Respondents' were asked whether they had played truant, run away from home, driven a car or motorcycle without a driving licence, drawn graffiti on walls, damaged property, shop-lifted, stolen from school or home, bought stolen goods, stolen a car, bullied someone, been in a fight, beaten up somebody, misused drugs or legal medication, or driven drunk.
If respondents admitted having committed above-mentioned offences, and if the offence was illegal, they were asked whether the police had found out about it. In addition, they were asked whether they had committed the offence during the past year, had they acted alone, were they drunk at the time and did somebody find out about it. Respondents were also presented with specifying questions, for example, what kind of things they had shop-lifted. The survey also studied whether teachers are bullied at school.
Respondents' attitudes to other people, to breaking the law, and to reasons for breaking the law were examined. Their self-perceptions and relationships to own parents, teachers and adults in the neighbourhood were queried on with attitudinal statements. Respondents were also asked whether they had been victims of violence or theft.
Background variables included respondent's gender, age, alcohol use, leisure time activities and company, dating, plans after lower secondary school, need to repeat a year in school, parents' occupation and economic activity, and household's financial circumstances. The data includes two different variables denoting municipality type.
Keywords
adolescents; alcohol use; attitudes; bullying; crime; criminal damage; delinquency; disorderly conduct; drug abuse; drugs; juvenile delinquency; offences; schoolchildren; teacher-student relationship; teachers; theft; vandalism; violence
Topic Classification
criminology; science of law; sociology; youth studies (FSD Topics Classification)
crime; youth (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
Juvenile Delinquency in Finland
Restrictions
Swedish-language sample of the data is under embargo until June 2006.
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure. Restricted access.
Data Collector
Contact teachers in sampled schools, instructed by National Research Institute of Legal Policy.
Data Producer
National Research Institute of Legal Policy
The Academy of Finland
Collection Date
19.4.2004 - 30.4.2004
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
9th grade pupils (aged 15-16) in Finnish- and Swedish-speaking municipal comprehensive schools. Only the sample of Helsinki included Finnish-speaking private schools. (excluding the Åland Islands)
Sampling Procedure
Stratified random sampling
Firstly, each Finnish province (according to the old province division) was stratified into four subgroups/strata: largest city, other urban municipalities, densely populated municipalities and rural municipalities. One Finnish-speaking school was sampled from the biggest city of each province and from each other stratum. The selection of Swedish-speaking schools was conducted in the same way, except only three provinces were included: Uusimaa, Turku and Pori, and Vaasa.
Collection Mode
Guided questionnaire
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
85,5%
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Data version
1.0 (4.10.2005)
Other Material
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data. The bibliographic citation may be in the form required by the publication, or in the form suggested by the archive.
Bibliographical Citation
Kivivuori, Janne: Juvenile Delinquency in Finland 2004 [computer file]. FSD2102, version 1.0 (2005-10-04). Helsinki: National Research Institute of Legal Policy [producer], . Helsinki: National Research Institute of Legal Policy [producer], 2004. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2005.
Depositing Requirements
The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
Disclaimer
The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
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Leppäkumpu, Markus (2008). Nuorisorikollisuus ja aikapreferenssit. Joensuu: Joensuun yliopisto. Kansantaloustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma.
Salmi, Venla & Kivivuori, Janne (2006). The Association between Social Capital and Juvenile Crime. European Journal of Criminology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 123-148.
