Consequences of citizens’ non-reporting of crime to the Police: A survey of Mthatha Policing Precinct, South Africa
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Citizen crime reporting Victims of crimes surveys Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7962 , vital:57343 , ("https://iipccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/035.pdf")
- Description: Whilst citizens are at liberty to decide whether or not to report a crime to the police, nonreporting of crime to the police may come with a heavy price. This study evaluates the consequences of non-reporting of crime to the police in South Africa’s Mthatha policing area. It comes against a backdrop of a rise in criminal activities in South Africa. A survey was conducted among households in selected residential areas of Mthatha, from where 120 respondents were selected through stratified random sampling technique. Data analysis was done using SPSS to reveal both descriptive and inferential statistics. From the analysis, continued engagement in criminal activities by perpetrators, resulting in absence of investigations was found to be the major impact of non-reporting of crime to the police. Findings also revealed that the victims bear the most implications of non-reporting of crime. Inability to identify crime hot spots, misallocation of policing resources and inability to determine crime trends and tendencies were also viewed as significant impacts of non-reporting of crime to the police. A factor analysis revealed officials’ inability to determine trends and tendencies that could inform policing strategies as the most significant component.
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Citizen crime reporting Victims of crimes surveys Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7962 , vital:57343 , ("https://iipccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/035.pdf")
- Description: Whilst citizens are at liberty to decide whether or not to report a crime to the police, nonreporting of crime to the police may come with a heavy price. This study evaluates the consequences of non-reporting of crime to the police in South Africa’s Mthatha policing area. It comes against a backdrop of a rise in criminal activities in South Africa. A survey was conducted among households in selected residential areas of Mthatha, from where 120 respondents were selected through stratified random sampling technique. Data analysis was done using SPSS to reveal both descriptive and inferential statistics. From the analysis, continued engagement in criminal activities by perpetrators, resulting in absence of investigations was found to be the major impact of non-reporting of crime to the police. Findings also revealed that the victims bear the most implications of non-reporting of crime. Inability to identify crime hot spots, misallocation of policing resources and inability to determine crime trends and tendencies were also viewed as significant impacts of non-reporting of crime to the police. A factor analysis revealed officials’ inability to determine trends and tendencies that could inform policing strategies as the most significant component.
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
Factors Associated with Victimization of Police Officers in Mthatha, South Africa
- Date: 2021-09
- Subjects: Citizen crime reporting Victims of crimes surveys Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7437 , vital:53962 , ("https://doi.org/10.55058/adrrijass.v18i2 (6) July-September.708")
- Description: This paper provides an analysisof the risk factors that make South African Police Services officers vulnerable to becoming victims of crime. The participants of this study comprise of one hundred and five (105) male and female police officers of various demographics, randomly selected from nine (9) police stations. The study utilised survey instrument (questionnaire) to collect data from the respondents, which were analysed by employing relevant descriptive and inferential tools from Statistical Package forthe Social Sciences. Even though this study found work related factors and new rank as predisposing conditions for victimization, police officers were found to be more susceptible to victimization due to going out atnight alone, staying out at nights generally and indulgence in alcoholism. While living in descriptively, ‘bad area’ and crime prone areas were potent factors to police officers being victimised, carrying firearms never saved them from attacks. Interestingly, police officers with 1-5 years of experience who are married have greater victimization experience than those who never married, across all police stations.
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- Date Issued: 2021-09
- Date: 2021-09
- Subjects: Citizen crime reporting Victims of crimes surveys Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7437 , vital:53962 , ("https://doi.org/10.55058/adrrijass.v18i2 (6) July-September.708")
- Description: This paper provides an analysisof the risk factors that make South African Police Services officers vulnerable to becoming victims of crime. The participants of this study comprise of one hundred and five (105) male and female police officers of various demographics, randomly selected from nine (9) police stations. The study utilised survey instrument (questionnaire) to collect data from the respondents, which were analysed by employing relevant descriptive and inferential tools from Statistical Package forthe Social Sciences. Even though this study found work related factors and new rank as predisposing conditions for victimization, police officers were found to be more susceptible to victimization due to going out atnight alone, staying out at nights generally and indulgence in alcoholism. While living in descriptively, ‘bad area’ and crime prone areas were potent factors to police officers being victimised, carrying firearms never saved them from attacks. Interestingly, police officers with 1-5 years of experience who are married have greater victimization experience than those who never married, across all police stations.
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- Date Issued: 2021-09
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