Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Zambia, 2012 - 2013
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Q11other. Reason for not reporting crimes to the police (verbatim) (Q11OTHER)
Data file: zam_r5_data_july_2015.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Start:
198
End:
259
Width:
62
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1162 |
96.8%
|
||
| because they are fools | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| believes that what's stolen will be recovered | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cases are reversed | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| comfortable with the case & know attacker | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| crime doesn't occur | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| fear of bringing missunderstandings | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| God will judge fairly | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| just dont want | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| most of the cases are better sorted out by the people involved | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| no money for medical report | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| offenders commited into Gods hands | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people are able to replace stolen items | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people are just in the habit | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people are not serious | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people don't care | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people get paid not to report | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people have an i don't care attitude | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people negotiate | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people negotiate and get something in return | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| people preffer going to witch doctors than police | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| police closes at 6 o'clock | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| police refers them to neighbourhood watch | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| settle the case before police | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| sometimes property is recovered | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| stigma | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| there's nothing in it for me, no pay/prize | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| there is shortage of manpower for the police | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they are selfish | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they decide not to | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they differ so they dont usually report | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they find it very difficult | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they just dont want to report | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| they resolve issues at home | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| thief is caught | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| uncertain of what police will do | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| victim is just compensated | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| victim would sort out criminal | 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.