Title

Never Pick A Fight With An Ugly Person, They'Ve Got Nothing To Lose

Keywords

Crime; Mate selection; Physical attractiveness; Unattractiveness

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. © Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2009.

Publication Date

5-6-2009

Publication Title

Society

Volume

46

Issue

4

Number of Pages

347-349

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-009-9219-4

Socpus ID

67349127525 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/67349127525

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