Offensivity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Offensivity is a noun meaning The act or status of committing a criminal offense.
Meaning
The act or status of committing a criminal offense.
More Meanings
- The likelihood of committing a criminal offense.
- Offensiveness.
- The quality of being on the offensive; proactiveness.
Example Sentences
In these cases, according to the principle of offensivity, there is no punishment, and it is a task of the judge to understand if the perpetrator is socially dangerous.
On the other hand, there are some strong assertions, supported by statistical analysis, to be made about adult offensivity and adult assaults based on juvenile offensivity and juvenile assaults.
However, the major concern of this study is the reaction of the criminal justice system to marijuana offensivity and the resulting subsequent criminal behavior of those subjected to legal sanctioning.
Standard research determines the offensivity of people by counting the number of criminal acts they have committed in a specified period. The aim is to account for variation in the measure of offensivity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include offensiveness, offendedness, offense, criminality, affrontiveness, affrontingness.
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