Participants were asked to judge people based on their accents alone to determine how likely they were to commit crimes or do ...

Out of the ten accents included in the study, the Glaswegian accent was found to be one of the least guilty sounding.

The fact those speaking with a Received Pronunciation (RP), seen as posh, accent were perceived more likely to commit a ...

From the approachable Northern English accent often associated with openness, to the Glaswegian accent which can be ...

The study, carried out by Cambridge University, found that some accents, such as the Geordie accent, sound guiltier than ...

Accents perceived as lower status are more likely to influence judgments of guilt and credibility in the justice system, ...

A University of Cambridge study, in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, sought to understand people’s perceptions around 10 ...

Speaking in a scouse accent means you are more likely to be deemed a criminal, according to a new study identifying which ...

English accents’ from Belfast and Glasgow are significantly less likely to behave in criminal ways, a study has found.

Study ‘undermines traditional stereotypes’ about working class and higher status men when it comes to criminal tendancies ...