... male but not from a female therefore when it is seen in a female, they seem a bigger threat. In Saladin's study, he gave participants 8 photos of men and asked how capable they seemed of committing either murder or armed robbery. The attractive men were less likely to have been chosen to have committed either crime than the unattractive men. Other studies have proved this and Quigley's study showed that this applies to women as well. It also showed that attractive people arouse more sympathy The type of background the person has also affects juries. For instance, someone from a bad social background, living on a council estate, with little money and a bad job is convicted more often for robbery, violent crimes and drug related crimes. If a person is from a high social class they are less likely to be convicted but if they are then it is for ...

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