The phrase "severity of crimes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to talk about how serious a particular type of criminal offense is. For example, "The severity of crimes such as murder and rape is among the greatest in the law."
In any event, except when talking about, say, mail fraud, the notion that the comparative severity of crimes can be measured by the number of papers signed beforehand is a strange one (murderers don't usually sign non-murder agreements).
Second, countries that care deeply about justice should press the Security Council to end the hypocrisy and to make I.C.C. referrals based on the severity of crimes — and not on the allegiances of the perpetrators.
The police union, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, has charged that precinct commanders feel such intense pressure to drive down crime that they "cook the books," reducing the severity of crimes on paper to avoid recording them among the seven index crimes reported to the F.B.I.
The number of legal issues presented is likely to increase with the number of persons charged, the number and severity of crimes charged, and the severity of potential penalties upon conviction.
The ranking takes both volume and severity of crimes into account.
External actors and international organizations should contribute to the efforts of supporters of domestic violence legislation in Pakistan by drawing attention to the increase in gender-based violence and escalating severity of crimes as well as explicitly raising the profile of the legislation, which has largely disappeared from the radar of international media.
Despite rises in some offences, such as those involving child pornography and drugs, the overall volume and severity of crime reported to the police has been falling steadily.
This enables the researchers to analyze the events in terms of the number of people involved, the severity of crime, and the type of the verdict.
Even when controlling for type and severity of crime, and for psychiatric problems, risk of criminal relapse was increased by substance use variables, including amphetamine, heroin and polysubstance use, and an additional risk was shown for injection drug users.
The number and severity of reported crimes committed by juveniles rose between 2005 and 2008, particularly crimes involving theft and violence.
The number and severity of reported crimes committed by juveniles rose between 2005 and 2008, particularly crimes involving theft and violence, and there is growing tolerance among adolescent boys, in particular, for violence itself.
