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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 May 14;103(3):148–154. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.03.007

Table 1.

Severity Rating of Arrest Charges

Severity Rating Examples of Verbatim Description of Crime
1 Baudy House-Prostitution, Possession of Marijuana, Consuming Alcohol, Speeding Ticket
2 Pimping, Trespassing, Failure to Obey, Disorderly Conduct, Malicious Destruction of Property Less than $ 500
3 Theft Less than $500, Malicious destruction of property more than $500, Forgery, Uttering (writing a bad check)
4 Theft greater than $500, Carrying a handgun, Drug distribution or manufacturing
5 Burglary, Second degree assault, battery
6 Robbery with a deadly weapon, Assault first degree, kidnapping
7 Attempted first degree murder, first degree murder, rape