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    Percept Mot Skills. 2004 Jun;98(3 Pt 2):1356-8.

    Mock jurors' perceptions of facial hair on criminal offenders.

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    Department of Psychology, College of Saint Elizabeth, Montclair State University, Morristown, NJ 07960-6989, USA. mconti@cse.edu

    Abstract

    Two studies were conducted to measure whether mock jurors would stereotype criminal offenders as having facial hair. In Study 1, participants were asked which photograph belonged to a defendant in a rape case and which photograph belonged to a plaintiff in a head-injury case after they were "accidentally" dropped. The photographs were similar in appearance except one had facial hair. 78% of 63 participants (or 49) identified the photograph with facial hair as being involved in the rape case. In Study 2, 371 participants were asked to sketch the face of a criminal offender. 82% of the sketches (or 249) contained some form of facial hair. Results are consistent with the hypothesis that criminal defendants are perceived as having facial hair.

    PMID:
    15291226
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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