Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Mauritius, 2012
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Q11other. Reason for not reporting crimes to the police (verbatim) (q11other)
Data file: mau_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Start:
156
End:
202
Width:
47
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Literal question
11. Some people say that many crimes are never reported to the police. Based on your experience, what do you think is the main reason that many people do not report crimes like thefts or attacks to the police when they occur? Other [specify]
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1169 |
97.4%
|
||
| Because of lengthy procedures | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Because police fail to find lost object | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Corruption | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Due to their status | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Fear that the accused is someone of the family | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Legal procedures too long | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Lengthy statement | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Long procedures | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Most people prefer mutual arrangement | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| No confidentiality | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| No follow up | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Not to aggravate problem | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Not to complicate matters | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Not to create complication | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| People didn't find it crucial to report | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| People know who are the criminals | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| People tend to make arrangement | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police come to harass you too often | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police is always late | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police is the worst institution in the country | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police not doing their job properly | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police takes too much time to take action | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police will query on the one reporting the case | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| Prefer to do justice themselves | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| The court takes too much time | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they get fed up with the procedures. | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Victims often become suspect | 1 |
0.1%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.