NCJ Number
96758
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Dated: (1985) Pages: 1-13
Date Published
1985
Length
13 pages
Annotation
The views of 105 police chiefs throughout the United States were obtained in regard to their ranking of the seriousness of 60 criminal offenses.
Abstract
Responses indicated that the chiefs see most crimes very much in the same light as do citizens surveyed by Rossi et al. (1974) in Baltimore a decade ago. There also is considerable consensus among chiefs throughout the country in their views about seriousness. Variations between the present findings and those of similar studies of other populations are also set forth. (Author abstract)