The Pick the Perp website is amusing, addicting, and plain old strange. When I first clicked on the link I did not expect the site to be what it was. It relates to the Scientific Looking, Looking at Science chapter because the chapter mentioned mugshots and fingerprints to find criminals. Photography was used to remember things that happened in the past. A photograph of a criminal, or a mugshot, helps police to track down the case at hand. This website provided mugshots of five different criminals, and what they were charged with. You have to pick which person you think is most suspectful of committing that crime. At first, I got the first three correct, but then I continued choosing and got a lot wrong. It's really tricky to match a headshot with a crime. You usually think of women dealing with credit card theft or big muscular men with possession of drugs or grand theft auto, but through this website you realize that it doesn't matter what the people look like because anyone is capable of doing any crime. This is why fingerprinting is the best tactic to use when trying to solve a crime mystery. I would not be a very good detective because through stereotyping the looks of the people on the website, I thought they would do that act but really, someone I least expected was the real culprit.
Although this website is somewhat humorous and strange, there are some positive things about it. It can help people realize that sometimes, the people who you least expect to commit a type of crime, really can be the person who does. The dirtiest, most sluggish person might look like they would be a burglar when they really aren't. This website could also help detectives and police decide who committed what crime. The negative aspect of this website is that it is very stereotypical. I really want to know if each and every picture is of an actual criminal or if some are normal, innocent people. When looking through the pictures, you automatically pick out the people who would most likely commit a crime, usually a black or old man. You don't typically think of women doing these things but a lot of the times they are the suspects. This website might anger a lot of people. I found it to be very interesting and addicting because it makes you want to keep guessing more.
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