Crimes of Need: Results of the Malawi National Crime Victimisation Survey

2004-07-01

This report presents the findings of Malawi’s first National Crime Victimisation Survey. The purpose of the report is to provide descriptive baseline information on:

• the scope and nature of crime and victimisation in Malawi;
• public perceptions of personal safety in Malawi;
• the rates of, and reasons for, reporting and under-reporting to the police and traditional systems in Malawi; and
• public perceptions of the police and courts in Malawi

Authors:  

Eric Pelser, Patrick Burton & Lameck Gondwe