Author(s): Awad Ali Alwitheri
This study empirically examines the perception of students who majored in Law in College of Business Administration at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University towards the seriousness of 26 crimes for the academic year 2020-2021. This study's results reveal that the students' view in the seriousness of the 26 listed crimes was identical in 19 cases, and it was significantly different in seven cases between males and females. Additionally, the results depict that the respondents believe that 20 crimes of the listed ones were high in the degree of their seriousness, and the rest six crimes were moderate in level of their seriousness. The most severe ranked crime was murder, and the least serious ranked crime was begging. In general, females are more opposed to crimes than males in which they believe that the listed crimes were considered more severe. This study has several implications for legal policy and regulations making in the country as it provides a deeper understanding of the perceptions of crimes by female and male students who, after graduation, would work in fields rated to the judiciary and the courts.