Killer Looks The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons

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. From the 1920s up to the mid-1990s, half a million prison inmates across America, Canada, and the U.K willingly went under the knife, their tab picked up by the government. 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 1967, a three-year cosmetic surgery program set on Rikers Island saw recidivism rates drop 36% for surgically altered offenders. The program, funded by a $240,000 grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, was led by Dr. Michael Lewin, who ran a similar program at Sing-

ISBN:	9781633886728
Publisher:	Prometheus Books
Imprint:	Prometheus Books
Published date:	11 Nov 2021
DEWEY:	365.667
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiv, 344
Weight:	690g
Height:	165mm
Width:	237mm
Spine width:	39mm

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