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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 606
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 28 MARCH 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 10-2013)
Date reply submitted: 16 April 2013
606. Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
Has the SA Police Service (SAPS) ever commissioned research into unreported
crimes; if so, (a) when was this research commissioned, (b) by whom in the
SAPS and (c) at what cost?
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REPLY:
Under reporting of certain types of crime is by no means unique to South
Africa. There is a significant body of international research into this
area which we have and continue to utilize.
Reply to question 606 approved by the Minister