Facial Trustworthiness Predicts Extreme Criminal-Sentencing Outcomes

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1325-1331

  Wilson, John Paul ^a   Rule, Nicholas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

face perception; judgment; legal processes; open data; open materials; physical appearance; social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CRIMINALS; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938632543     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615590992     Document Type: Article

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