gee, you really think so?

pontifex

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Researchers discover that unattractive people more likely to commit crimes.

saw this on a blurb for a news video...
i mean really, no sh!t sherlock? why do attractive people need to commit crimes? their lives are perfect and they have no trouble getting what they want and being happy.
also, they're probably too dumb to figure out how to commit a crime...
:p

edit: wrong forum, can someone move to OT please?
 

lightweight

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The mindframe you're communicating tells me a lot about your character. Being attractive doesn't necessarily mean that you're happy. There are attractive people that have low self esteem, like you seem to possess.
 
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wow... well your ASSumption is totally wrong i would say.
Beautiful people have no problems at all? therefore, only ugly people comit crimes?!
oh, and i just read that.... THEY ARE TOO DUMB TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMIT A CRIME?????? WTF?
attractive people cannot be smart as well?
Well you know everything then don't you... so you = ugly, right?
 

moshquerade

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Ugly people more likely to commit crimes, study shows
Researchers cite economic reasons as well
By Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Published: Tuesday, February 28, 2006

A recent study analyzing crime patterns has given a new meaning to the phrase "if looks could kill."

The new study titled "Ugly Criminals" conducted by economics professors Naci Mocan of the University of Colorado and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University found that uglier people, repeatedly slighted by a superficial society, have a higher propensity to commit crime.

Mocan and Tekin found supporting evidence to recent studies showing that unattractive men and women are less likely to be hired by potential employees, generally earn less money than more attractive people and ultimately are at a disadvantage, which are key factors that compel a person to break the law.
The researchers tracked the lives of 15,000 high school teenagers through early adulthood in separate surveys from 1994, 1996 and 2002, finding that unattractive individuals committed more crimes - including damaging property, burglary, robbery and drug-related offenses - than attractive individuals.

Mocan cited recent economic studies that emphasized a relationship between how students are treated in high school and their success in the marketplace, ultimately linking those factors to potential to commit crime.

"The study shows that the quality of schooling that these individuals are receiving according to beauty is influencing the extent of their human capital when they enter the labor market after school," Mocan said.

Research from the study indicates attractive students receive preferential treatment from teachers because attractive students are perceived to be more intelligent, in effect, equating to higher test scores and greater academic opportunities, according to Mocan.

"Another piece of research shows that teacher's expectations depend a lot on how students are treated or motivated," Mocan said. "It affects the entire quality of learning for those individuals, and this creates handicaps."

Mocan suggested that people need to be more sensitive to children's self-esteem issues, but his research did not explicitly hunt for a direct link between self-esteem and crime.
http://www.dailyfreepress.com/media/pap...ommit.Crimes.Study.Shows-1640928.shtml
 

pontifex

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edit: woot! double post
haha, meant to edit the 2nd post but created a 3rd post instead...

ahh...life sucks
 

pontifex

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Ugly people more likely to commit crimes, study shows
Researchers cite economic reasons as well
By Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Published: Tuesday, February 28, 2006

A recent study analyzing crime patterns has given a new meaning to the phrase "if looks could kill."

The new study titled "Ugly Criminals" conducted by economics professors Naci Mocan of the University of Colorado and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University found that uglier people, repeatedly slighted by a superficial society, have a higher propensity to commit crime.

Mocan and Tekin found supporting evidence to recent studies showing that unattractive men and women are less likely to be hired by potential employees, generally earn less money than more attractive people and ultimately are at a disadvantage, which are key factors that compel a person to break the law.
The researchers tracked the lives of 15,000 high school teenagers through early adulthood in separate surveys from 1994, 1996 and 2002, finding that unattractive individuals committed more crimes - including damaging property, burglary, robbery and drug-related offenses - than attractive individuals.

Mocan cited recent economic studies that emphasized a relationship between how students are treated in high school and their success in the marketplace, ultimately linking those factors to potential to commit crime.

"The study shows that the quality of schooling that these individuals are receiving according to beauty is influencing the extent of their human capital when they enter the labor market after school," Mocan said.

Research from the study indicates attractive students receive preferential treatment from teachers because attractive students are perceived to be more intelligent, in effect, equating to higher test scores and greater academic opportunities, according to Mocan.

"Another piece of research shows that teacher's expectations depend a lot on how students are treated or motivated," Mocan said. "It affects the entire quality of learning for those individuals, and this creates handicaps."

Mocan suggested that people need to be more sensitive to children's self-esteem issues, but his research did not explicitly hunt for a direct link between self-esteem and crime.
http://www.dailyfreepress.com/media/pap...ommit.Crimes.Study.Shows-1640928.shtml


:heart:
at least someone gets it.
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pontifex

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Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Wow, OP is getting owned.

no, its just all the good looking people getting offended.

besides, how can you get pwned when they tell the truth?
 

pontifex

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Originally posted by: gigapet
why can it be that they are just more likely to get caught??

because the study wasn't about who is more likely to get caught, it was about who is more likely to commit a crime.
 

gigapet

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Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: gigapet
why can it be that they are just more likely to get caught??

because the study wasn't about who is more likely to get caught, it was about who is more likely to commit a crime.

and how is that determined?
 

Train

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Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: gigapet
why can it be that they are just more likely to get caught??

because the study wasn't about who is more likely to get caught, it was about who is more likely to commit a crime.
But to know WHO commited a crime, you have to catch someone, right?

 

notfred

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why do attractive people need to commit crimes? their lives are perfect and they have no trouble getting what they want and being happy.
also, they're probably too dumb to figure out how to commit a crime...

I've been told I'm an attractive-looking guy. Thanks for letting me know my life is perfect. Here I was thinking it was full of problems. But maybe that's because I'm just "too dumb".

Or maybe I was lied to. Maybe I'm ugly too, just like you.
 

pontifex

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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: gigapet
why can it be that they are just more likely to get caught??

because the study wasn't about who is more likely to get caught, it was about who is more likely to commit a crime.

and how is that determined?

i dont know, ask the guys who did the study
 

Atheus

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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: gigapet
why can it be that they are just more likely to get caught??

because the study wasn't about who is more likely to get caught, it was about who is more likely to commit a crime.

and how is that determined?

And how do they choose who is good looking anyway?
 

pontifex

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Originally posted by: Train
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: gigapet
why can it be that they are just more likely to get caught??

because the study wasn't about who is more likely to get caught, it was about who is more likely to commit a crime.
But to know WHO commited a crime, you have to catch someone, right?

and your point is?

what does that have to do with the topic?