NCJ Number
208098
Date Published
2004
Length
56 pages
Annotation
This study examined the physical safety of the Finnish population by measuring safety-related aspects of traffic, work, home, sports and exercise, other leisure-time accidents, and violence.
Abstract
The current report presents the findings of a series of national surveys conducted in Finland designed to measure the amount of victimization of this population to accidents, violence, property crime, and fear during 2003. The survey results indicated that one out of every five Finns aged 15 to 74 years was injured through accidents or assaults during 2003. Chances of victimization from accidents or assaults was most common among young people and decreased with age until the age of 75, at which point the victimization risk began to increase. Males aged 15 to 64 years were more likely to be victimized than women in the same age group, whereas women aged 65 years and older were more likely to be victimized than men in this age group. Overall, the rate of persons in Finland victimized by accidents or assaults increased 2.5 percent from 1997. The incidents that caused physical injuries in 2003 are reviewed; data are offered concerning traffic accidents, work accidents, home accidents, sports and exercise accidents, and threats and violence. Specific information concerning the victims of violence and the violent situations causing the injuries is presented. The degree to which crimes are reported to police is presented, followed by a review of victimization to property crimes and fear of victimization in terms of house burglary, violence outside the house, violence at work, sexual harassment and rape, traffic accidents, work accidents, and home or leisure-time accidents. Finally, aspects of the survey and research data are reviewed. Figures, tables, literature, appendixes