Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Lesotho, 2012
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Q11other. Reason for not reporting crimes to the police (verbatim) (Q11OTHER)
Data file: les_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1197
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Start:
158
End:
209
Width:
52
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1154 |
96.4%
|
||
| A person may have committed other crimes too | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Fear/distrust of the police | 4 |
0.3%
|
|
| it depends type of crime | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Not enough evidence | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| People's ignorance/Lack of knowledge of their rights | 7 |
0.6%
|
|
| People are afraid to report crimes | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people are criminals themselves | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people are involved in crime | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people can self-defend | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| People do not care | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| people don't care | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people report to the chief | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| People want to take matters into their own hands | 5 |
0.4%
|
|
| police ask too much from people | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| police take long to react | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police take too long to solve case | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Police take too long to solve the case | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| solved at home | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| the people is also a criminal | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| The person is also a criminal | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they work with people in their village | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Victim felt it was not hurt | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Victim found it minor/not worth reporting | 2 |
0.2%
|
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.