Matti Näsi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4272170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matti Näsi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matti |
| FAMILY NAME | Näsi |
| SIGNATURE | NÄSI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8333-9226 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Relationships between Depression, Delinquency, and Victimization among Finnish Youth
Criminal offenders and victims of crime disproportionately have mental health and substance abuse problems that often start well before adulthood. Therefore, it is important to provide a more detailed understanding of the relationships between mental health problems, delinquency, and victimization among youth. Drawing on victim-offender overlap and social interactionist perspectives, using data from the 2010–2011 and 2013 School Health Promotion …
Explaining Long-Term Trajectories in Youth Delinquency
This study examines survey-based and register-based trends in youth delinquency, namely theft and assault, in Finland over the past two decades. Our survey data includes data from five measuring points between 2004 and 2020. Our register data includes all individuals born in Finland between 1986 and 2000 who were alive and who were residing in Finland at the end of 2000. Survey findings indicate that changing routine activities in the form of dec…
Crime News Consumption and Fear of Violence
In this article, we examine the correlates of fear of violence in the cross-media landscape. The study draws on the Finnish National Crime Victim Survey ( n = 6,141, respondents aged 15–74 years). First, we examine from what information and media sources respondents receive information on violent crime. We then examine how consumption of different types of media and information sources on violent crime associates with the contemporary experience …
Young people who access harm-advocating online content
This study examined the commonality of exposure to sites that advocate eating disorders, self-injury and suicide among American, British, German and Finnish respondents (N = 3565) aged 15–30 (age M = 23.06, 50.15% male). The analysis focused on both cross-national and socio-demographic differences and on user characteristic including happiness, previous online and offline victimization and online user activity. German respondents had significantl…
Do routine activities help predict young adults’ online harassment
This study examined the feasibility of routine activity theory in predicting online harassment victimization of people aged 15 to 30 years in the USA, Finland, Germany, and the UK. Logistic regression models controlled for socio-demographic factors, exposure to offender, target suitability, and absence of guardianship. According to the results, between 15 percent and 20 percent of respondents reported having been victims of online harassment. Of …
Harm-advocating online content and subjective well-being
Harm-advocating online content includes pro-eating disorder, pro-self-harm, pro-suicide, and the positive portrayal of the deaths of real people (snuff or death sites). This material is often user-generated and easily accessible for an average online user, therefore offering a potential source of risk for many Internet users. This cross-sectional study examined the association between exposure to harm-advocating online content and users’ subjecti…
Social Solidarity and the Fear of Risk
In November 2007, the Jokela community experienced the first large-scale school shooting in Finland. The paper examines how local residents perceive the risk of school shootings, as an extreme crisis, reoccurring. We are particularly interested in how social solidarity associates with the fear of this type of risk. We use a natural experimental design to see if recurrence of a potential mass tragedy changes the relationship between solidarity and…
Old and new sources of risk
It has been argued that many of the present-day societies are witnessing the emergence of new types of concerns alongside the more traditional sources of distress. However, little research has focused on the perception of these new types of risks. This paper examines the risk perceptions across adult population in Finland. We compare the average ratings of different types of risks and then examine how much socio-demographic disparities exist amon…
Identification with online and offline communities
Do routine activities help predict young adults’ online harassment
This study examined the feasibility of routine activity theory in predicting online harassment victimization of people aged 15 to 30 years in the USA, Finland, Germany, and the UK. Logistic regression models controlled for socio-demographic factors, exposure to offender, target suitability, and absence of guardianship. According to the results, between 15 percent and 20 percent of respondents reported having been victims of online harassment. Of …
Harm-advocating online content and subjective well-being
Harm-advocating online content includes pro-eating disorder, pro-self-harm, pro-suicide, and the positive portrayal of the deaths of real people (snuff or death sites). This material is often user-generated and easily accessible for an average online user, therefore offering a potential source of risk for many Internet users. This cross-sectional study examined the association between exposure to harm-advocating online content and users’ subjecti…
Social Solidarity and the Fear of Risk
In November 2007, the Jokela community experienced the first large-scale school shooting in Finland. The paper examines how local residents perceive the risk of school shootings, as an extreme crisis, reoccurring. We are particularly interested in how social solidarity associates with the fear of this type of risk. We use a natural experimental design to see if recurrence of a potential mass tragedy changes the relationship between solidarity and…
Identification with online and offline communities
Old and new sources of risk
It has been argued that many of the present-day societies are witnessing the emergence of new types of concerns alongside the more traditional sources of distress. However, little research has focused on the perception of these new types of risks. This paper examines the risk perceptions across adult population in Finland. We compare the average ratings of different types of risks and then examine how much socio-demographic disparities exist amon…
Identification with online and offline communities
Old and new sources of risk
It has been argued that many of the present-day societies are witnessing the emergence of new types of concerns alongside the more traditional sources of distress. However, little research has focused on the perception of these new types of risks. This paper examines the risk perceptions across adult population in Finland. We compare the average ratings of different types of risks and then examine how much socio-demographic disparities exist amon…
Social Solidarity and the Fear of Risk
In November 2007, the Jokela community experienced the first large-scale school shooting in Finland. The paper examines how local residents perceive the risk of school shootings, as an extreme crisis, reoccurring. We are particularly interested in how social solidarity associates with the fear of this type of risk. We use a natural experimental design to see if recurrence of a potential mass tragedy changes the relationship between solidarity and…
Harm-advocating online content and subjective well-being
Harm-advocating online content includes pro-eating disorder, pro-self-harm, pro-suicide, and the positive portrayal of the deaths of real people (snuff or death sites). This material is often user-generated and easily accessible for an average online user, therefore offering a potential source of risk for many Internet users. This cross-sectional study examined the association between exposure to harm-advocating online content and users’ subjecti…
Young people who access harm-advocating online content
This study examined the commonality of exposure to sites that advocate eating disorders, self-injury and suicide among American, British, German and Finnish respondents (N = 3565) aged 15–30 (age M = 23.06, 50.15% male). The analysis focused on both cross-national and socio-demographic differences and on user characteristic including happiness, previous online and offline victimization and online user activity. German respondents had significantl…
Do routine activities help predict young adults’ online harassment
This study examined the feasibility of routine activity theory in predicting online harassment victimization of people aged 15 to 30 years in the USA, Finland, Germany, and the UK. Logistic regression models controlled for socio-demographic factors, exposure to offender, target suitability, and absence of guardianship. According to the results, between 15 percent and 20 percent of respondents reported having been victims of online harassment. Of …
Crime News Consumption and Fear of Violence
In this article, we examine the correlates of fear of violence in the cross-media landscape. The study draws on the Finnish National Crime Victim Survey ( n = 6,141, respondents aged 15–74 years). First, we examine from what information and media sources respondents receive information on violent crime. We then examine how consumption of different types of media and information sources on violent crime associates with the contemporary experience …
Explaining Long-Term Trajectories in Youth Delinquency
This study examines survey-based and register-based trends in youth delinquency, namely theft and assault, in Finland over the past two decades. Our survey data includes data from five measuring points between 2004 and 2020. Our register data includes all individuals born in Finland between 1986 and 2000 who were alive and who were residing in Finland at the end of 2000. Survey findings indicate that changing routine activities in the form of dec…
Relationships between Depression, Delinquency, and Victimization among Finnish Youth
Criminal offenders and victims of crime disproportionately have mental health and substance abuse problems that often start well before adulthood. Therefore, it is important to provide a more detailed understanding of the relationships between mental health problems, delinquency, and victimization among youth. Drawing on victim-offender overlap and social interactionist perspectives, using data from the 2010–2011 and 2013 School Health Promotion …
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)