1. NONVERBAL IMAGES OF CRIMINALITY AND DEVIANCE: EXISTENCE AND CONSEQUENCE.
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Shoemaker, Donald J. and South, Donald R.
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CRIME ,CRIMINAL justice personnel ,POLICE ,JUVENILE justice administration ,JUVENILE delinquency - Abstract
This paper reviews the literature relating physical appearance to perceptions of criminality or deviance. The content focuses on characteristics of the perceived but includes some data relative to the influence of perceiver characteristics in the perception process. Methodological procedures are analyzed along with the subject matter of the literature reviewed. The research settings of studies range from college classrooms to juvenile reformatories. The paper concludes with a discussion of future research directions and implications of the existing research for visual identification procedures utilized in police and court settings. One suggestion which emerges from this literature review, for example. is to monitor police lineups and other identification procedures to help offset the influence of physical appearance on the identification process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1978
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