Criminal stereotypes in the courtroom: Facial tattoos affect guilt and punishment differently

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 466-478

  Funk, Friederike ^a   Todorov, Alexander ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guilt; Punishment; Stereotypes; Tattoos; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887535303     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034736     Document Type: Article

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