Book contents
- Appearance Bias and Crime
- Appearance Bias and Crime
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Biographical Sketches of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Unattractiveness, Criminality, and Victimization
- Part II Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality as Targeted Identities
- Part III The Process of Social Control as Influenced by Appearance
- Part IV Identifying Terrorists, Mistakenly or Not, by Appearance
- Part V Very Visible Differences
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Introduction
The Nature of Appearance Bias and Its Relevance to Crime
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Book contents
- Appearance Bias and Crime
- Appearance Bias and Crime
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Biographical Sketches of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Unattractiveness, Criminality, and Victimization
- Part II Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality as Targeted Identities
- Part III The Process of Social Control as Influenced by Appearance
- Part IV Identifying Terrorists, Mistakenly or Not, by Appearance
- Part V Very Visible Differences
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Appearance Bias and Crime , pp. 1 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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