Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Botswana, 2012
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Q11. Main reason for not reporting crimes to the police (Q11)
Data file: bot_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
156
End:
159
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
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?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Most people do report crimes to the police | 148 |
12.3%
|
| 1 | People don't have enough time to report crimes | 44 |
3.7%
|
| 2 | No police or police station in the area/too far | 37 |
3.1%
|
| 3 | Police don't listen or care | 241 |
20.1%
|
| 4 | Police would have demanded money or a bribe to help | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 5 | Police wouldn't have been able to do anything | 176 |
14.7%
|
| 6 | Police may be involved in the robbery or assault | 20 |
1.7%
|
| 7 | Victim feared reprisal from attacker | 69 |
5.8%
|
| 8 | Victim too ashamed or embarrased | 53 |
4.4%
|
| 9 | Crime was reported to other authority | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 10 | Lack of or not enough evidence | 43 |
3.6%
|
| 11 | Criminal unknown / lack of suspect | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | People fear police / don’t trust police | 19 |
1.6%
|
| 13 | Crime was minor | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 14 | Criminals were relatives or friends | 36 |
3%
|
| 15 | Don’t know how to report / ignorance | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 16 | People forgive the criminals | 0 |
0%
|
| 140 | Police take too long to respond | 33 |
2.8%
|
| 141 | Victim will revenge | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 142 | Fear of becoming a witness | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 143 | Victim is part of criminal activities | 18 |
1.5%
|
| 144 | Lack of transport for police | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 145 | People too lazy to report | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 9995 | Other | 30 |
2.5%
|
| 9998 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9999 | Don't know | 168 |
14%
|
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.