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Revealed: The British accents stereotyped as CRIMINALS

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Summary
Nutrition label

86% Informative

Researchers played recordings of men with various British accents to people from all over the UK .

They asked them to rate them for their crime-committing potential.

Those with posh English accents were rated as the least likely to commit crimes.

Liverpool and Bradford accents were perceived as the most likely to behave in criminal ways.

VR Score

92

Informative language

94

Neutral language

51

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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