Your textbook identifies eight reasons why victims do not report all crimes to the police. Name four of them.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include any four of the following:
• Victims may consider the crime insignificant and not worth reporting.
• They may hope to avoid embarrassing the offender, who may be a relative, school friend, or fellow employee.
• They may wish to avoid the publicity that might result if the crime were reported.
• They might have agreed to the crime, as in gambling offenses and some sexual offenses.
• They may wish to avoid the inconvenience of calling the police (filling out a report, appearing in court, and so on).
• They may be intimidated by (or afraid of) the offender.
• They may dislike or fear the police or be opposed to the punitive policies of the legal system.
• They may feel that the police are so inefficient that they will be unable to catch the offender even if the offense were reported.
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