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Title: The Ugly Face of Crime
Source: WP
URL Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy ... /02/16/AR2006021602039_pf.html
Published: Feb 17, 2006
Author: Richard Morin
Post Date: 2006-02-17 07:30:30 by ...
Keywords: Crime, Ugly, Face
Views: 86
Comments: 10

The Ugly Face of Crime

By Richard Morin Friday, February 17, 2006; A02

"I'm too ugly to get a job."

-- Daniel Gallagher, a Miami bank robber, after police captured him in 2003

The hapless Mr. Gallagher may have been ugly, but he was also wise.

Not only are physically unattractive teenagers likely to be stay-at-homes on prom night, they're also more likely to grow up to be criminals, say two economists who tracked the life course of young people from high school through early adulthood.

"We find that unattractive individuals commit more crime in comparison to average-looking ones, and very attractive individuals commit less crime in comparison to those who are average-looking," claim Naci Mocan of the University of Colorado and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University.

Mocan and Tekin analyzed data from a federally sponsored survey of 15,000 high-schoolers who were interviewed in 1994 and again in 1996 and 2002. One question asked interviewers to rate the physical appearance of the student on a five-point scale ranging from "very attractive" to "very unattractive."

These economists found that the long-term consequences of being young and ugly were small but consistent. Cute guys were uniformly less likely than averages would indicate to have committed seven crimes including burglary and selling drugs, while the unhandsome were consistently more likely to have broken the law.

Very attractive high school girls were less likely to commit six of the seven crimes, while those rated unattractive were more likely to have done six of seven, controlling for personal and family characteristics known to be associated with criminal behavior.

Mocan and Tekin aren't sure why criminals tend to be ugly. Other studies have shown that unattractive men and women are less likely to be hired, and that they earn less money, than the better-looking. Such inferior circumstances may steer some to crime, Mocan and Tekin suggest. They also report that more attractive students have better grades and more polished social skills, which means they graduate with a greater chance of staying out of trouble.

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These economists found that the long-term consequences of being young and ugly were small but consistent.

Only an economist would find consistency in the long-term consequences of being young.

Very attractive high school girls were less likely to commit six of the seven crimes, while those rated unattractive were more likely to have done six of seven, controlling for personal and family characteristics known to be associated with criminal behavior.

Might that 7th crime be adultery?

Mocan and Tekin aren't sure why criminals tend to be ugly.

Because attractive criminals are too smart to be caught?

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#4. To: Starwind, YertleTurtle (#3)

Would this be the wrong time to mention certain features that are considered more attractive over a broad range of cultures?

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#5. To: Tauzero (#4)

Would this be the wrong time to mention certain features that are considered more attractive over a broad range of cultures?

Hmmmm ... now which has greater racial survivability: Small numbers of smart & attractive or large numbers of dumb and ugly?

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Small numbers of smart & attractive or large numbers of dumb and ugly?

Apparently small numbers of smart and ugly.

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