Study title

Finnish Perceptions of Justice: Judges 2016

Dataset ID Number

FSD3163

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3163

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kääriäinen, Juha (University of Helsinki. Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy)

Abstract

In the survey, Finnish district court judges were asked to pass a sentence on various crimes according to current legal praxis. The respondents were described seven different cases, and asked what sentence they would pass in each of the cases.

The imaginary cases constructed for the survey describe following crimes: 1. Violence in public space (aggravated assault), 2. Sexual intercourse with a minor (sexual abuse of a child), 3. Sexual intercourse with a sleeping person, and coercion into sex (rape), 4. Violence in domestic relationship (assault), 5. Smuggling and selling narcotics (aggravated narcotics offence), 6. Tax evasion (aggravated tax fraud), 7. Operating a car while under the influence of alcohol (driving while seriously intoxicated).

The background variable is the respondent's gender.

Keywords

court cases; courts; crime and security; criminal courts; criminal law; judges; judgments (law); law; legal decisions; offences; punishment

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Legislation and legal systems (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

• TNS Gallup Finland

Time Period Covered

2016

Collection Dates

2016-05-13 – 2016-06-17

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

District court judges and lawmen in mainland Finland (excluding Bachelors of Law)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was sent to all district court judges and lawmen in mainland Finland. Bachelors of Law were not included.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

38.7

Data File Language

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

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Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3162 Finnish Perceptions of Justice: Citizens 2016

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable for survey language was removed during archiving.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Kääriäinen, Juha (University of Helsinki): Finnish Perceptions of Justice: Judges 2016 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2017-09-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3163

Deposit Requirement

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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

Kääriäinen, Juha (2017) Seitsemän rikostapausta: käräjätuomareiden arvioima rangaistuskäytäntö ja väestön rangaistusvalinnat. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Kriminologian ja oikeuspolitiikan instituutti. Katsauksia 21/2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/190440