Title

Never Pick a Fight with an Ugly Person, They've Got Nothing to Lose

Authors

Authors

R. Rayburn;J. D. Wright

Abbreviated Journal Title

Society

Keywords

Physical attractiveness; Unattractiveness; Mate selection; Crime; ATTRACTIVENESS; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology

Abstract

In the 1970s, social psychologists conducted numerous studies analyzing physical appearance as a social variable. More recent studies in the social sciences appear to have abandoned this topic as unimportant; in any case, very few social scientific Studies have been found that incorporate a measure of attractiveness into their analyses. The present study seeks to revive the emphasis on physical attractiveness as a social variable by testing the relationship between crime severity and physical attractiveness, i.e., by presenting evidence to suggest that physically unattractive men commit more serious offenses.

Journal Title

Society

Volume

46

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

347

Last Page

349

WOS Identifier

WOS:000268242700008

ISSN

0147-2011

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