severity of a crime

These days, Mr. Zegas said, the severity of a crime is often the determining factor in trying a minor as an adult.

The severity of a crime, e.g., first degree murder (first degree is worst)

Opponents of this view object citing that the severity of a crime is determined by the amount of harm done to the victim, not by his lifespan or scope of being.

In the form of a grid, the chart matched the severity of a crime (armed robbery, for instance, as opposed to armed robbery resulting in an injury) with the convict's criminal history.

In 1975, psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens proposed that the strength of a stimulus (e.g. the brightness of a light, the severity of a crime) is encoded neurally in a way that is independent of modality.

In Catholic moral theology, a sin, considered to be more severe or mortal sin is distinct from a venial sin (somewhat similar to the secular common law distinction of classifying the severity of a crime as either a felony or a misdemeanor) and must meet all of the following conditions: