offensivity

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Opposed the last sentencing proposal because it provided that a judge sentencing an adult could not consider much of adult’s prior record as juvenile. Patterns of chronic offensivity usually surface prior to 18th year."
• "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."
• "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."
• "The other issue is whether we have a right to avoid being "offended" by hearing others disagree. This is constitutionally protected speech. I have no right to be "protected" from, say, a Letter to the Editor expressing a religious idea other than my own. I can read it or let it alone, but cannot use my offensivity to deny others the right to read it."