‘98% of sexual harassment victims haven’t reported it’

3 May 2015, 2:26 pm

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A new study by the Central Bureau of Statistics reveals that 98 percent of sexual harassment victims haven’t reported it to the police. Moreover, some 60% of thefts, 56% of physical assaults, and 91% of cyber crimes are not reported.

Meanwhile, 69% of victims of assault who reported the crime to police were unsatisfied by the police response. The majority of those who were robbed were similarly not pleased with the police response (60%).

The report, carried out in cooperation with the Public Security Ministry, recorded 714,000 crimes in the past year against adults over the ages of 20. Some 95,000 people were victims of sexual harassment (1.8%), and 9,000 were victims of sex crimes (0.2%).