... that the amount of harm caused or the state of mind of the defendant corresponds to the level of seriousness of the offence; one would assume that the more hurtful the harm or the more malicious the aforethought, the more serious the offence. Furthermore, the seriousness of an offence cannot always be measured. There is a wide scope of types of offences: physical, psychological, property rights, sensitivities,-and it is not always easy to have a uniform and general judgement level of seriousness of an offence. As to the matter of amount of harm caused, there too is a diverse range of harm: murder, manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, assault, rape, and so forth. This problem is also present in regards to the state of the defendant's mind, whether it be omission, deception, malicious aforethought, intent and so on. But the level of seriousness of an offence does not have to just ...

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