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Q55(a) Reasons for not reporting to the police ,,
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Mdn’t want to get sheone I knew into trouble .................01
~ =rnber of femilylfriendfacquaintance. ‘
Afraid of police ...............................................O2
(for eny reieon, inluding that they would prosecute)
Mraid of further trouble to myselfffemily (other than police)..O3
~ being beaten up or‘other reprisals.
If in doubt whether to code 1 or 3 give priority to 1.
Wanted to deal with the matter privately/didfi‘t want to teke it
further.........................................................04
~ didn’t want publicity.
Police are ineffective .........................................05
~ won’t make proper enquiries or prosecute, no faith in the
police, around at the tlme.
No point in pureuing the matter becauae no hope of recovering
the gooda .................................................... 06
SK because of insufficient evidence, didn’t realise anything
had been stolen till too late, my own fault.
Note. If a criticism nf the police is implied code as 5,
not aa 6.
Not serioua enough ..............................................07
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small 10ss, nothing actually stolen, nnt worth bothering
about.
● Uas away from homelon holiday at the time ......................08
Offender waa caught for another crime - - - - - - - -- - - -- -09
Others (No need to specify) .....................................10
Notea. (1) All crit.cisma of the efficiency of the police should be
coded as 05.
(2) ‘No point reporting it because theft waa only a smsll one’
should be coded aa 07, not as 06, coded 06 should be used
where the hopelessness of recovering anything is ❑eant.
(3) Maximum multicode - 4 (Refer to S/V if this ia exceeded)
(4) NA - 99.