Victimological Survey, April 2007https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/O9BCK2Centre for Crime Prevention in LithuaniaLithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2025-12-232026-03-04T09:32:46Z<b><i>The purpose of the study</i></b>: to give information on the victimization experience of the Lithuanian population, their attitudes towards criminal justice and towards institutions helping victims. <br><b><i>Major investigated questions</i></b>: respondents were asked how many times they have been personally affected by crime in 2006 and whether they reported the law enforcement authorities about the offence. They were also asked whether they feel safe form the offenses in Lithuania and what is the main factor influencing their sense of security or insecurity. Respondents indicated the offenses in Lithuania they care about most and also evaluated social and legal protection of the crime victims of in Lithuania. They were also asked whether the information about crime victims' rights and its defense opportunities is sufficient and whether they know at least one NGO providing services to the victims of crime. Respondents evaluated the practice of such organizations. Respondents were asked whether they know that the state provides free legal assistance to victims of crime, as well as compensates the damage for the victims of violent crimes. Respondents also assessed the severity of the punishments for the offenses, as well as indicated the measures which are best for reducing crime. Respondents also assessed the performance of the institutions of pre-trial investigation and prosecutorial investigation, and the performance of courts in dealing with criminal cases. <br><b><i>Socio-demographic characteristics</i></b>: gender, age, education, employment, occupation, marital status, nationality, number of family members, monthly family income per one family member, place of residence, size of the place of residence, region.Social Sciencesanxietycourt casescourtscrime preventioncrime victimsfear of crimelaw enforcementoffencespersonal safetyprivate voluntary organizationsprosecution servicepunishmentstate legal aidEnglishLithuanian2007-04-01Gaidys, Vladas (UAB "Vilmorus", Lithuania)Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756])Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X])2010-04-022007-03-292007-04-012007-03-292007-04-01Survey dataLithuania<p>The description of the dataset (<b>metadata</b>) is freely and openly available to both registered and unregistered users of the LiDA Dataverse repository under the terms of the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)</a>.</p> <p>LiDA processed <b>data</b> files containing a tag “Data” in their title are available to registered users of the LiDA Dataverse repository under the terms of the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>.</p> <p>Files storing survey <b>questionnaires and cards</b> and containing a tag “Questionnaire(s)” in their title are available to registered users of the LiDA Dataverse repository under the terms of the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>.</p> <p>Files storing <b>other</b> fieldwork materials, research instruments, and other information related to data collection, and containing a tag “Documentation” in their title are available to registered users of the LiDA Dataverse repository under the terms of the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>.</p> <p>Access to files storing <b>previous</b> versions of metadata and/or data, as well as files storing data processing syntax, and containing a tag “Archive” in their title, is restricted. 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