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Changing Values over the Last Half-Century: The Story of Thurstone's Crime Scales

Krus, David J., Sherman, Jay L., Krus, Patricia H.·1977·Psychological Reports
DOI 10.2466/pr0.1977.40.1.207
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The present article is a follow-up of Thurstone's study, published 50 yr. ago, concerning the perceived seriousness of crimes. Comparisons were also made with Coomb's follow-up study from the mid-sixties. The continuing trend toward the judgment of sex offenses as less serious and offenses against the person as more serious was observed. The obtained scale also showed heightened sensitivity of subjects to offenses such as burglary, libel, counterfeiting, and forgery, reflecting the prevailing public opinion during the political trials of the mid-seventies.

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  • Respondents in a 1926 survey of college students rated rape as slightly more serious than homicide.

    “Respondents in a 1926 survey of college students rated rape as slightly more serious than homicide”

    From Rape or Homicide: Which Is Worse? (2024) · cites this paper as Krus et al., 1977

  • Sex offenses (adultery, rape, and seduction) declined in perceived seriousness from 1926 to 1976.

    “In general, sex offenses (adultery, rape, and seduction) declined in perceived seriousness from 1926 to 1976”

    From Rape or Homicide: Which Is Worse? (2024) · cites this paper as Krus et al., 1977

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Authors
Krus, D. J., Sherman, J. L., & Krus, P. H.
Affiliations
Arizona State University (US)
Venue
Psychological Reports
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1977-02
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
207-211
ISSN
  • 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-691X
DOI
10.2466/pr0.1977.40.1.207
OpenAlex
W2035864154
Cited by
15
References
6
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
17.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Keywords
public opinion on crime, sexual offences, burglary, libel, counterfeiting, forgery, political trials, changing values, perceived seriousness of crime

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