Victims of Crime Survey 2014-2015

South Africa, 2014 - 2015

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ZAF_2014_VCS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Aug 15, 2017

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Reasons for not being satisfied (Q7a8Whynot)

Data file: vocs-2014-2015-household-v1-20160315

Overview

Valid: 24701

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 194

End: 194

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	They do not have enough convictions	1024	4.1%
2	Matters drag for too long/postponements	2096	8.5%
3	No proper notice of hearing is served	452	1.8%
4	Courts are too lenient on criminals	5461	22.1%
5	They release perpetrators unconditionally	1909	7.7%
6	Other (specify)	139	0.6%
8	Not applicable	13516	54.7%
9	Unspecified	104	0.4%

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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