Citation

Cavior N, Howard LR. J. Abnorm. Child Psychol. 1973; 1(2): 202-213.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, 26506, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00916114

PMID

24198150

Abstract

Facial pictures of black and white delinquents were significantly less attractive than pictures of corresponding groups of high school students, as judged by same-race raters. Significant differences were found among the white delinquents, but not among the black, for Quay's four behavioral dimensions of delinquency. Black delinquents were significantly darker in skin color than the black high school students, and lightness of skin color was positively correlated with physical attractiveness ratings made by both black and white raters, indicating that neither race has yet assimilated the saying "black is beautiful." This and other evidence suggest that facial attractiveness may be causal in delinquency.

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