Killer Looks Forgotten History Plastih

Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast implants, and other physical alterations to prisoners, the idea being that by remodeling the face you remake the man. In the beginning, this was a haphazard affair -- applied inconsistently and unfairly to inmates, but entering the 1960s, a movement to scientifically quantify the long-term effect of such programs took hold. And, strange as it may sound, the criminologists were right: recidivism rates plummeted. In this highly original and highly researched book, Zara Stone draws on the intersectionality of socioeconomic success, racial bias, the prison industry complex, and the fallacy of attractiveness to get to the heart of how appearance and societal approval creates self-worth, and uncovers deeper truths of beauty bias, inherited racism, effective recidivism programs, and inequality.

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By Zara Stone

Product details

• Authors: Zara Stone
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781633886728
• ISBN: 978-1-63388-672-8
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Social services & welfare, criminology, History of the Americas, Crime & criminology, MEDICAL / Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive