This Document Contains a Rough Translation of Two Alternative Versions of the Cover Letter
This document contains a rough translation of two alternative versions of the cover letter that will be sent to respondents prior to their being contacted by SCB’s interviewers.
The first will be sent to those who will only be answering Sections A-F, the second to those will be answering all sections (A-G) of the questionnaire.
The information on the estimated time taken by the interviews has not yet been adjusted subsequent to the results of the cognitive interviews – this will be done in due course in consultation with the subcontractor.
International crime victim survey:
What are your experiences?
Objective
Eurostat has commissioned the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) to conduct a pilot study of a large international survey on people’s experiences of exposure to crime in Europe. Your own and others’ experiences provide important information in relation to the work of increasing levels of safety, reducing crime, and developing the criminal justice system.
This is what happens
The study is being conducted with the assistance of Statistics Sweden (SCB). In the near future an interviewer from SCB will contact you to conduct a telephone interview, that will take an average of approximately 25 minutes. It would be good if you have the opportunity to answer the questions undisturbed. If necessary, you and the interviewer can agree to conduct the interview at a later date and, if you want, at another telephone number.
Why you have been chosen
You are one of approximately 1000 people in Sweden in the age range 16-79 years who have been randomly chosen to participate in the survey. The answers collected will be collated to produce statistics, and these statistics provide a picture of the situation in the country as a whole.
Your participation is of course voluntary, but it is important that you participate in order to be able to produce a correct picture of the situation in Sweden. Your answers cannot be replaced by those of anyone else.
The type of questions that the interviewer will be asking are: How safe do you feel walking alone in the area where you live after dark? In the last five years have you or anyone else in your household had a bicycle stolen? Is your home protected by special door or window grilles?
Your answers are protected by confidentiality regulations (see the reverse side of this letter). The data collected will presented in numerical tables and diagrams together with the answers of hundreds of other participants, and nobody will be able to see what you yourself have answered.
Please feel free to contact us
If you have any questions about the interview, write to SCB, International crime victim survey, 701 89 Örebro, or ring 019-17 60 02.
If you have been subjected to crime and need to talk to someone about your experiences, you can turn to the victim support agency’s central telephone service on 0200-21 20 19.
Thank-you for your participation!
Protecting your personal information
The interview conducted with you will not be supplemented by data from any registers.
The answers you provide in the interview are protected by the Secrecy Act. Statistical confidentiality, as outlined in Chapter 9, Paragraph 4 of the Secrecy Act (SFS 1980:100) means that both the interviewers and others working with the survey at SCB and the National Council for Crime Prevention are subject to regulations regarding confidentiality. Other than the National Council, SCB are the only people who may possibly analyse the results. Names and personal identity numbers are removed when such analyses are conducted. Since the objective is to evaluate the results for methodological purposes, the analysis of the material will be very rudimentary. Such analytical and statistical activities are also covered by statistical confidentiality.
The National Council will compile your answers together with those of everybody else who participates to produce statistics. These statistics will be published in tables, diagrams and texts that describe the statistics. Nobody will see what you yourself have answered.
The National Council for Crime Prevention is responsible for the information you provide and the study is covered by the Data Protection Act (1998:208). This act was passed in order to protect your personal integrity and places demands on the National Council as a public sector agency. By answering the questions in the interview, you are also consenting to participate in the survey. If you have any questions, or would like to know more about the survey, please write to Brottsförebyggande rådet, EUCVS, Box 1386, 111 93 Stockholm.
International crime victim survey:
What are your experiences?
Objective
Eurostat has commissioned the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) to conduct a pilot study of a large international survey on people’s experiences of exposure to crime in Europe. Your own and others’ experiences provide important information in relation to the work of increasing levels of safety, reducing crime, and developing the criminal justice system.
This is what happens
The study is being conducted with the assistance of Statistics Sweden (SCB). In the near future an interviewer from SCB will contact you to conduct a telephone interview, that will take an average of approximately 35 minutes. It would be good if you have the opportunity to answer the questions undisturbed. If necessary, you and the interviewer can agree to conduct the interview at a later date and, if you want, at another telephone number.
Why you have been chosen
You are one of approximately 1000 people in Sweden in the age range 16-79 years who have been randomly chosen to participate in the survey. The answers collected will be collated to produce statistics, and these statistics provide a picture of the situation in the country as a whole.
Your participation is of course voluntary, but it is important that you participate in order to be able to produce a correct picture of the situation in Sweden. Your answers cannot be replaced by those of anyone else.
The type of questions that the interviewer will be asking are: How safe do you feel walking alone in the area where you live after dark? In the last five years have you or anyone else in your household had a bicycle stolen? Is your home protected by special door or window grilles?
Your answers are protected by confidentiality regulations (see the reverse side of this letter). The data collected will presented in numerical tables and diagrams together with the answers of hundreds of other participants, and nobody will be able to see what you yourself have answered.
The survey includes a number of questions of a sensitive nature, such as questions about violence committed by a partner, for example. The reason these questions are included, despite the fact that answering them may be unpleasant, is that it is important that we know more about these issues. Improved knowledge about such less visible crime categories can lead to improvements in society’s ability to respond to such crimes and provide assistance to the victims.
Please feel free to contact us
If you have any questions about the interview, write to SCB, International crime victim survey, 701 89 Örebro, or ring 019-17 60 02.
If you have been subjected to crime and need to talk to someone about your experiences, you can turn to the victim support agency’s central telephone service on 0200-21 20 19.
Thank-you for your participation!
Protecting your personal information
The interview conducted with you will not be supplemented by data from any registers.
The answers you provide in the interview are protected by the Secrecy Act. Statistical confidentiality, as outlined in Chapter 9, Paragraph 4 of the Secrecy Act (SFS 1980:100) means that both the interviewers and others working with the survey at SCB and the National Council for Crime Prevention are subject to regulations regarding confidentiality. Other than the National Council, SCB are the only people who may possibly analyse the results. Names and personal identity numbers are removed when such analyses are conducted. Since the objective is to evaluate the results for methodological purposes, the analysis of the material will be very rudimentary. Such analytical and statistical activities are also covered by statistical confidentiality.
The National Council will compile your answers together with those of everybody else who participates to produce statistics. These statistics will be published in tables, diagrams and texts that describe the statistics. Nobody will see what you yourself have answered.
The National Council for Crime Prevention is responsible for the information you provide and the study is covered by the Data Protection Act (1998:208). This act was passed in order to protect your personal integrity and places demands on the National Council as a public sector agency. By answering the questions in the interview, you are also consenting to participate in the survey. If you have any questions, or would like to know more about the survey, please write to Brottsförebyggande rådet, EUCVS, Box 1386, 111 93 Stockholm.