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7 - The Impact of Victim Attractiveness on Victim Blameworthiness and Defendant Guilt Determination in Cases of Domestic and Sexual Assault

from Part III - The Process of Social Control as Influenced by Appearance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2019

By
Jennifer Wareham ,
Bonnie Berry ,
Brenda Sims Blackwell  and
Denise Paquette Boots
Edited by
Bonnie Berry
Bonnie Berry
Affiliation:
Social Problems Research Group
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Appearance Bias and Crime , pp. 142 - 153
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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