Why Victims Do Not ReportReporting as a decision made under constraint, not a default.Criminal JusticeMost crime is never reported, and the reasons are patterned.Reasons for not reportingBelief that nothing will be doneFear of the offender or of retaliationShame, self-blame or embarrassmentWanting privacy rather than a processPrevious poor experience of the systemWhat raises reportingInsurance or documentation requirementsSerious injury or high financial lossConfidence that a report is taken seriouslyThird-party and anonymous routesSupport available before any formal stepEducational reference. Reporting rates differ enormously by offence, sorecorded crime can move without any change in offending.Why Victims Do Not Reportlearnposters.com
Why Victims Do Not Report — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Why Victims Do Not Report poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Most crime is never reported, and the reasons are patterned.

Educational reference. Reporting rates differ enormously by offence, so recorded crime can move without any change in offending.

Questions about the Why Victims Do Not Report poster

What’s on the Why Victims Do Not Report poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Most crime is never reported, and the reasons are patterned. Reasons for not reporting: Belief that nothing will be done, Fear of the offender or…; What raises reporting: Insurance or documentation requirements, Serious injury or hig…. Educational reference. Reporting rates differ enormously by offence, so recorded crime can move without any change in offending.
Who is the Why Victims Do Not Report poster for?
Why Victims Do Not Report belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning victimology can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Why Victims Do Not Report poster?
Use it before reading a change in recorded crime as a change in offending. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Why Victims Do Not Report belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Why Victims Do Not Report?
Hate Crime, Domestic Abuse Response and Fear of Crime sit alongside Why Victims Do Not Report in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Hate CrimeDomestic Abuse ResponseFear of Crime
Is the Why Victims Do Not Report poster free to download and print?
Yes. Why Victims Do Not Report downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Why Victims Do Not Report poster print at?
Why Victims Do Not Report is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Why Victims Do Not Report loses nothing.Printing guide

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