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Offense Grade

This dimension groups criminal offenses by their grade or severity. Wikipedia notes that an offender, if found guilty, "may be sentenced to a form of reparation such as a community sentence, or, depending on the nature of their offence, to undergo imprisonment, life imprisonment or, in some jurisdictions, death," a range of penalties that tracks the offense's own grade. Browsing by offense grade compares offenses of a similar severity.

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Origin Era
1916 1
Offense Grade
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1. Theft Act 1968 (Wikipedia)
WikipediaTheft Act 1968, Commencement, short title and extent section
Quote, Theft Act 1968, Commencement, short title and extent section
The Larceny Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 50) had codified the common law, including larceny itself, but it remained a complex web of offences.
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