Measuring the public's perceptions of crime seriousness: A review and the development of a scale
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
Published online on August 28, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Criminology, Volume 59, Issue 2, Page 204-230, June 2026.
Public assessments of crime seriousness have traditionally focused on the harmfulness and wrongfulness of offences yet often neglect to systematically integrate these dimensions with intent or consider the broader context of offence categories. ...
Public assessments of crime seriousness have traditionally focused on the harmfulness and wrongfulness of offences yet often neglect to systematically integrate these dimensions with intent or consider the broader context of offence categories. ...