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Afrobarometer Survey 2013, Round 5

Kingdom of Eswatini, 2013
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SWZ_2013_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: swz_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 184
15.3%
1 People don't have enough time to report crimes 21
1.8%
2 No police or police station in the area/too far 76
6.3%
3 Police don't listen or care 222
18.5%
4 Police would have demanded money or a bribe to help 15
1.3%
5 Police wouldn't have been able to do anything 119
9.9%
6 Police may be involved in the robbery or assault 23
1.9%
7 Victim feared reprisal from attacker 147
12.3%
8 Victim too ashamed or embarrased 41
3.4%
9 Crime was reported to other authority 23
1.9%
10 Lack of evidence or witnesses 0
0%
11 Criminal unknown / lack of suspect 13
1.1%
12 People fear police / dont trust police 21
1.8%
13 Crime was minor 14
1.2%
14 Criminals were relatives or friends 83
6.9%
15 Dont know how to report / ignorance 11
0.9%
16 People forgive the criminals 1
0.1%
1620 Victims want to take revenge themselves 10
0.8%
1621 Victims decide to solve it themselves 9
0.8%
1622 Police take too long to do anything 43
3.6%
1623 Victims are also guilty/criminals 9
0.8%
9995 Other 35
2.9%
9998 Refused 0
0%
9999 Don't know 80
6.7%
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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