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attractiveness-leniencyeffect1 CONSTRUCTAttractiveness-leniencySIGALL · LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY

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the tendency for physically attractive defendants to receive lighter sentences, unless their looks were used to commit the crime.

In legal psychology, attractiveness-leniency effect refers to the tendency for physically attractive defendants to receive lighter sentences, unless their looks were used to commit the crime. This meaning comes from Sigall (1975) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Sigall, H., & Ostrove, N. (1975). Beautiful but dangerous: Effects of offender attractiveness and nature of the crime on juridic judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31(3), 410-414. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0076472

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