National Crime Surveys: Index of Crime Severity, 1977

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin E. Wolfgang ◽  
Robert M. Figlio ◽  
Paul E. Tracy ◽  
Simon I. Singer
Keyword(s):  
Crime Severity

Identifying the Guilty Suspect From a Lineup: Does Crime Severity Matter?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent M. Wilson ◽  
Edmund Fantino ◽  
Stephanie Stolarz-Fantino ◽  
Laura Mickes
Keyword(s):  
Crime Severity

scholarly journals Predicting support for community corrections: Crime type and severity, and offender, observer, and victim characteristics

2021 ◽  
pp. 146247452198980
Author(s):  
Inna Levy ◽  
Keren Cohen-Louck ◽  
Sergio Herzog
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Community Corrections ◽  
Community Correction ◽  
Crime Severity ◽  
Crime Type ◽  
Crime Scenarios

The aim of the current research was to examine the contribution of crime type and severity as well as offender, observer, and victim characteristics to prediction of perception of community correction (CC) as an appropriate punishment. We conducted a telephone survey among Israeli citizens. A random and representative sample of 573 respondents, aged 20 to 74, evaluated the seriousness of crime scenarios and the appropriateness of CC for each scenario. In different versions of crime scenarios, we manipulated offence type as well as offender and victim characteristics. The results of a logistic regression indicate that perceived lower crime severity, a crime that is not murder, older offender age, and being a secular observer are related with an increased likelihood of supporting community corrections. The discussion addresses these findings in the context of punitive goals (e.g., revenge, retribution), public perception of offender dangerousness, and social identity theory.

Public Perceptions of Child Sexual Exploitation Abroad: A Vignette Experiment on the Influence of Social Distance

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872110647
Author(s):  
Anneke Koning
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Spatial Distance ◽  
Crime Severity ◽  
Child Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Vignette Experiment ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the impact of social and spatial distance on public opinion about sexual exploitation of children. A randomized vignette experiment among members of a Dutch household panel investigated whether public perceptions of child sexual exploitation were more damning or more lenient when it occurred in a country closer to home, and explored theoretical explanations. The results show that offenses committed in the Netherlands or U.S. are overall perceived as more negative than those committed in Romania or Thailand. Social distance affects public perceptions about crime severity, and victims are attributed more responsibility in socially close than socially distant conditions. The study concludes that public perceptions are contingent upon the crime location, even when applied to child sexual exploitation.

National Crime Surveys: Index of Crime Severity, 1977

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin E. Wolfgang ◽  
Robert M. Figlio ◽  
Paul E. Tracy ◽  
Simon I. Singer
Keyword(s):  
Crime Severity

scholarly journals Crime Severity and Constitutional Line-Drawing

2004 ◽  
Vol 90 (7) ◽  
pp. 1957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Volokh
Keyword(s):  
Line Drawing ◽  
Crime Severity

Parole Release Decisions: Impact of Positive and Negative Victim and Nonvictim Input on a Representative Sample of Parole-Eligible Inmates

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel M. Caplan
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Criminal History ◽  
Crime Severity ◽  
Parole Board ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Victim Input

This study analyzed administrative data from the New Jersey State Parole Board to determine the extent to which victim and nonvictim input impacted parole release decisions. Positive and negative input, in both verbal and written forms, was studied for a representative sample of 820 parole-eligible adult inmates. Victim input was not found to be a significant predictor of parole release; measures of institutional behavior, crime severity, and criminal history were significant. Though insignificant, verbal input had a greater effect than written input. Results suggest that the impact of victim input is not generalizable across different types of offenders or across different paroling jurisdictions. It can no longer be assumed that victim rights laws and public participation at parole guarantee victim-desired outcomes.

Effects of Native American Race, Intoxication, and Crime Severity on Judgments of Guilt

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 1981-1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Struckman-Johnson ◽  
Michael G. Miller ◽  
David Struckman-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Crime Severity
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