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Study raises concerns about prejudice against certain accents
PREJUDICE against certain accents have raised serious concerns about bias in the criminal justice system.
A group of 180 people listened to recordings of 10 different accents in a study conducted by the University of Cambridge and Nottingham Trent.
Those with Liverpool and Bradford accents were perceived as the most likely to behave in criminal ways, while people with “posh” “received pronunciation” accents were seen as least likely to commit most crimes, with the exception of sex offences.
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