@article{ref1,
title="Crime seriousness scales: Public perception and feedback to criminal justice policymakers",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="1986",
author="Hoffman, Peter B. and Hardyman, Patricia L.",
volume="14",
number="5",
pages="413-431",
abstract="Findings from the National Survey of Crime Severity, the largest survey ever conducted of how the general public in the United States ranks the seriousness of a variety of offenses, are compared with the offense severity index used by the U.S. Parole Commission as one component of its decision-making guidelines. This comparison illustrates a practical method for using survey research to provide feedback to criminal justice policymakers. The necessity of distinguishing between harm and culpability, when examining the concept of<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/0047-2352(86)90109-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(86)90109-1"
}