THE SUBJECTS -- 60 FEMALES AND 60 MALES -- ARRIVED AT SENTENCING DECISIONS FOR WRITTEN CASES IN WHICH THE NATURE OF THE CRIME (RAPE OR BURGLARY) AND THE SOCIAL ATTRACTIVENESS, SEX, AND RACE OF THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY VARIED. (SOCIAL ATTRACTIVENESS REFERS TO SUCH ATTRIBUTES AS A STEADY JOB, GOOD INCOME, GOOD REPUTATION, AND A STABLE FAMILY SITUATION.) FOR THE CRIME OF RAPE, THE DEFENDANT'S SOCIAL ATTRACTIVENESS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SENTENCING DECISION. FOR THE CRIME OF BURGLARY, ATTRACTIVENESS HAD ONLY A SLIGHT EFFECT ON DECISIONS, AND THEN ONLY IN COMBINATION WITH THE SEX OF THE DEFENDANT. SPECIFICALLY, ATTRACTIVE MALE DEFENDANTS IN BURGLARY CASES WERE GIVEN SIGNIFICANTLY HARSHER SENTENCES THAN WERE ATTRACTIVE FEMALE DEFENDANTS. THE RACE OF THE DEFENDANT HAD NO EFFECT ON JURORS' DECISIONS. THE RESULTS CONFIRM EARLIER FINDINGS SUGGESTING THAT DEFENDANT ATTRACTIVENESS INFLUENCES JURORS' JUDGMENT IN PERSON-ORIENTED CRIMES BUT IS LESS SIGNIFICANT IN PROPERTY-ORIENTED CRIMES. A LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED. TABULAR DATA ARE OMITTED. (LKM)