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1 - Appearance and Delinquency

from Part I - Unattractiveness, Criminality, and Victimization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2019

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Robert Agnew
Edited by
Bonnie Berry
Bonnie Berry
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Social Problems Research Group
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Appearance Bias and Crime , pp. 37 - 50
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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