Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases

Data description

Data descriptions are drawn up for statistics that are not based on personal data files. They include the same information as the file descriptions, where appropriate.

Producer

National Institute for Health and Welfare THL, Information Department.

Description

The statistics contain data on cases referred to mediation offices and the separate offences contained within the cases, as well as also on domestic violence cases and civil cases.

Classifications

The whole country and regional state administrative agency.

Data collection methods and data sources

Data for the statistics are collected from all the mediation offices in Finland. 

Updating frequency

Once a year.

Time of completion and release 

Annually in May.

Time series

Mediation in Finland is regulated by the Act on Conciliation in Criminal and Certain Civil Cases (1015/2005), which entered into force on 1 June 2006. Data is available from that point onward.

A change in the collection of statistical data. At the beginning of 2019, the new national information system Sopu was introduced, which makes it possible to receive more precise information directly from the database without separate collection of information.

Keywords

Statistics, mediation, crimimal cases, civil cases, domestic violence

Data collection

A change in the collection of statistical data. At the beginning of 2019, the new national information system Sopu was introduced, which makes it possible to receive more precise information directly from the database without separate collection of information.