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01 January 1991

PUBLIC AND POLICE PERCEPTION OF CRIME SERIOUSNESS IN ENGLAND AND
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 006820
M Levi, S Jones, University College Cardiff Department of
Social Administration, Brunel University Centre for the Study
of Community and Race Relations
Br J Criminology, Jul 1985 25(3) pp234-250

Briefly reviews the uses and abuses of seriousness surveys and
examines the crime seriousness ratings and rankings of
representative samples of police and public from two areas in the
north and south. The results show a high degree of consensus on
crimes such as violence and theft by a police officer but less so
in the case of fraud, burglary, and victimless crimes such as
business fraud. Few significant differences appear between
offenders and non offenders or between victims and non victims.
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