The impact of instructions on seriousness ratings |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science, Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10, Turkey;2. Department of Finance & Accounting, AKFA University, 1st Deadlock, 10th Kukcha Darvoza Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan;3. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey;4. Department of International Trade and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey;5. Department of Economics, School of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, FI, 65200, Finland;6. Vaasa Energy Business Innovation Centre, University of Vaasa, 65101, Vaasa, Finland;7. Department of Economics and Finance, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey;8. Department of Economics and Finance, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia;9. Department of Finance, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Nigeria |
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| Abstract: | Recently, Miethe (1982) hypothesized that the use of legal referents in the instructions on crime seriousness surveys biases ratings. The present study assessed this possibility through a survey of 210 college students in which the respondents were randomly assigned to three different instructional conditions (items were referred to as crimes, deviant behaviors, or behaviors). Although instances were detected in which instructions appeared to influence ratings, most of the evidence indicated that instructional bias is not a major factor shaping respondent evaluations. This suggests that findings on crime seriousness cannot be attributed to the nature of the instructions commonly used in past survey instruments. |
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