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
- 12 Queer Looking
- 13 Visible Disabilities and Risk of Interpersonal Victimization
- 14 Remarkably Unique Human Appearance
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
14 - Remarkably Unique Human Appearance
Scary Clowns and Freaks
from Part V - Very Visible Differences
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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
- 12 Queer Looking
- 13 Visible Disabilities and Risk of Interpersonal Victimization
- 14 Remarkably Unique Human Appearance
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
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