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Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5

Lesotho, 2012
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LSO_2012_AFB-R5_v01_M
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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)
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Q11. Main reason for not reporting crimes to the police (Q11)

Data file: les_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

Valid: 1197
Invalid: -
Minimum: -1
Maximum: 9999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 154
End: 157
Width: 4
Range: -1 - 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 5
0.4%
0 Most people do report crimes to the police 209
17.5%
1 People don't have enough time to report crimes 29
2.4%
2 No police or police station in the area/too far 70
5.8%
3 Police don't listen or care 280
23.4%
4 Police would have demanded money or a bribe to help 47
3.9%
5 Police wouldn't have been able to do anything 49
4.1%
6 Police may be involved in the robbery or assault 29
2.4%
7 Victim feared reprisal from attacker 177
14.8%
8 Victim too ashamed or embarrased 42
3.5%
9 Crime was reported to other authority 24
2%
10 Lack of evidence or witnesses 3
0.3%
11 Criminal unknown / lack of suspect 0
0%
12 People fear police / dont trust police 4
0.3%
13 Crime was minor 3
0.3%
14 Criminals were relatives or friends 0
0%
15 Dont know how to report / ignorance 7
0.6%
16 People forgive the criminals 0
0%
340 Victim/People around them have also committed crimes 5
0.4%
9995 Other 17
1.4%
9998 Refused 0
0%
9999 Don't know 197
16.5%
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.
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