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ENSI– JA TURVAKOTIEN LIITTO, KIRKKOHALLITUS, MANNERHEIMIN LASTENSUOJELULIITTO,

SUOMEN MIELENTERVEYSSEURA, SUOMEN PUNAINEN RISTI, SUOMEN SETLEMENTTILIITTO

W A R S A W 1 5 . 5 . 2 0 1 4 M A A T U A R K I O

S O C I A L M E D I A A N D

S U P P O R T F O R Y O U N G

P E O P L E

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INTRODUCTION

• The social media

• Do young people use social media

• The needs assessment

• What have we done so far and where are we going

• Some answers from young people

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SUOMEN MIELENTERVEYSSEURA, SUOMEN PUNAINEN RISTI, SUOMEN SETLEMENTTILIITTO 3

• NGO services that are produced for public good since 1994

• VSF is financed by Finnish Slot

Machine Association and the Ministry of Justice. The youth project is funded by the Association.

• The services are targeted for crime

victims, their close ones and witnesses of crime

• Most of the customers are victims of

different sorts of violence related crimes



PROJECT FOR YOUNG VICTIMS OF

CRIME. K N O W L E D G E , S K I L L S AN D S U P P O R T 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 5

• Aim is to develop an effective and

targeted communication for young

victims of crime so that they can get

help and support

• Education for professionals so that

they can identify and support young

victims of crime

• During the project the services of VSF

will also be developed in order to

better answer the needs of young

people

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WHAT IS MEANT BY SOCIAL MEDIA

• Online collaborative

activities, discussions and

sharing of information and

pictures

• Various different images

and chat services are

central

• Constantly changing and

developing

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– Kids go into internet even at the age of 4

to 5 years

– Young Europeans (9-16 year of age):

more than 90% use the Internet at least

once a week and over 60% every day

(80% of Finnish)

– About 50% of young people use the

Internet in their rooms EU Kids Online-research, 2013

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ONLINE ACTIVITIES OF

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE



60% OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A COMMUNITY

PROFILE E U K I D S O N L I N E ( 2 0 1 0 ) N = 2 5 1 4 2

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0102030405060708090

9-10-years 11-12-years 13-14-years 15-16-years

Young people’s internet profiles %



NEEDS

ASSESSMENT

• Young people would tell to

a friend if they would end

up as a victim of a crime

• They would search

information from the

internet or ask some one

close to them

• They want the information

to be in the shape of text

or a short film

YOUNG, PROFESSIONALS,

VSF EMPLOYEES AND

VOLUNTARIES

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

What iscrime?

How to reportan offense?

For whatdo I need

legal advice?

Where canI get

legal aid?

What happensin court?

How doesthe criminal

procedure go?

When and howis

conciliationdone?

12-13 years old (N= 34) 14-16 years old (N= 93) 16-20 years old (N= 42)

Young people wanted information about



0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Physical and mentalsymptoms

When is the righttime to get help?

Information aboutplaces where to get help

How to encourage afriend to seek help?

12-13 years old (N= 34) 14-16 years old (N= 93) 16-20 years old (N= 42)

What information should be

Included on the webpages?


SUOMEN MIELENTERVEYSSEURA, SUOMEN PUNAINEN RISTI, SUOMEN SETLEMENTTILIITTO lkonen 11



CHAT

• The idea is to give information, advice and some

help through conversation

• Aim is to direct the customers to face-to-face help

and support

• The service covers the whole country

• The possibility to chat anonymously means a lot for

young people

• The chat tool needs to be flexible because of

ongoing changes

• Different communities and visitor activity

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K N O W L E D G E A N D

S K I L L S F O R

Y O U N G P E O P L E

T H R O U G H S O C I A L

M E D I A

THEME DISCUSSION ABOUT

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

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Friday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Blog post and questionnaire about sexual violence are released. The questioner is lifted again. If there are comments on the questioner or blog post these will be comment back if needed. The questioner is lifted again and at the same time the upcoming chat is advertised. Chat 14:30-17:30 Short written analysis of the results and comments that young people had so that the material can be used for marketing.

Friday



QUESTIONNAIRES

IN WEB

COMMUNITY

• Parents fighting (508)

• Young, alcohol and crimes

(783)

• Violence in the relationships

between young people (288)

• Have you or your friend

experienced sexual violence

(472)

• Sexual harassment in internet

(481)

• Protection against theft (102)

• Dating violence (1045+95)

• Online crimes (N=382)

• Street violence (N=554)

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• Group chat that evening

• Possibility for one on one chat

for whole next week

Social media offers a possibility

for quick response and support

• Next week there was VSF’s

worker at the school

OULU: SCHOOL

STABBING

10/10/2013, BY 16-

YEAR-OLD, FOUR

SERIOUSLY

INJURED

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• The results work as a base for

group discussions and blogs

• We write articles that bring out

what young people think and

feel

• We use them in presentations

and in other situations of

awareness-raising to bring out

the voice of young people

HOW DO WE USE

THE INFORMATION

20.11.2012 Nina

Vaaranen-

Valkonen

16



”Yeah…I was a 14 years old cr ime vict im

and I didn´ t know what to do… I never

reported to the pol ice but I am working

through i t now in therapy ”

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Anonymouschat

Helpline Face to facemeeting

Email None ofthese

What would be the easiest way to start

a conversation about sexual violence? (N=437)

%



PARENTS FIGHTING

USUALLY INCLUDES.. . ( N = 4 6 8 )

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Being crankyand raising

voices

Yelling Throwingthings

Mocking andcalling names

Hitting and/orkicking



”…Did so hor r ib le th ings and go t so l i t t l e…

so you s ta r t to unders ta te your own exper iences

and to th ink i f the re i s any po in t in mak ing a

repor t o f an sex o f fence …sentences fo r these

c r imes a re so minor…”

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

School welfareofficer/nurse

Teacher Parents Friend Crime victimsupport

None ofthese

I wouldn't tellanyone

To whom it would be easiest to talk about sexual assault? (N=437)

%



ABOUT DATING VIOLENCE…

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0

50

100

150

200

250

Only once Rarely Once a month Weekly Daily

If you have experienced emotional violence,

how often has it occured?



HAVE YOU TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THE

DATING VIOLENCE THAT YOU HAVE

EXPERIENCED?

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0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

No, I haven´ttold no one

I would like to,but I am too afraid

Yes,to my fiend

Yes, I toldto my parents

Yes, I toldsomeone else



“I think that the l ine “dick in the mouth”

has become a normal saying in the

web…”

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0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Unknown

person

Peer of the

same age

Familiar adult I haven´t

experienced

sexual harassment

Boy Girl

Sexual harassment on a website

was done by?



What would be the most difficult

situation to start tell ing about

the sexual assault?

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Peer of thesame age

Knownadult

Unknownpeer

Unknownadult

I haven't hadexperience ofsexual assault

When the sex offender would be... %



”…If I would end up as a vict im of cr ime

while I was drunk, I don´t know if I

would seek for help.. ."

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0

50

100

150

200

250

Yes No Maybe I cannot say

If you would end up a crime victim while drunk,

would it affect your ways of reporting the crime? (N=676)



T H A N K Y O U

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