NCJ Number
93355
Journal
Criminology Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Dated: (February 1984) Pages: 39-59
Date Published
1984
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This study examines the perceptions of the seriousness of offenses: first, by examining perceptions of a wide range of offenses for respondents from two very divergent cultures, the United States and the Middle East, second, by assessing the perceived severity of some 17 sanctions for respondents from these two cultures and finally, by assessing the impact of religiosity on the perceived seriousness of crime.
Abstract
In addition, both the magnitude estimation and category techniques for measuring the seriousness of crime are utilized and the results from using these two techniques are compared. (Publisher abstract)