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

    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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