Who smiles for their mug shot?

[M A V I C]

Let's say you invaded someone's home, tied them up at gunpoint, shot the father, hauled him into another room, shoot him a couple more times, then search the house and steal valuables while you let the guy die.

Now you get picked up by cops and they take your picture.

[mattkime]

Who posts asking who smiles for their mug shot?

[$tevie]

Because now everyone knows they could end up on The Smoking Gun and they want to look good.

[Ombligo]

Our local paper runs a website showing mugs of every arrestee in a four county area around Tampa. They did a story awhile back on the rteason folks smile in mugshots.

The basic conclusion? people are conditioned to smile for a camera.

[Mike Sellers]

Tom Delay, of course.

[Carnos Jax]

>The basic conclusion? people are conditioned to smile for a camera.

This is what I was about to say as well. It's an ingrained reaction.

[NewtonMP2100]

....not sure **knock wood** never been mugged....never been shot.....

[RAMd®d]

This is what I was about to say as well. It's an ingrained reaction.

More correctly, some people are conditioned to smile at a camera, regardless of the circumstances.

And there's the possibility that some people don't feel they've done anything wrong.

The middle picture of the Smilee makes be think that at that second, for whatever reason, he was indeed reacting to the camera without any thought of his situation. But that's rare. He may have been reacting to something somebody said that helped, even for a moment, to mitigate the severity of his situation.

Then there are those who affect a smile out of rebellion, railing against The Man.

The overwhelming majority of people photographed for mug shots are not happy about it, and it shows.

[OWC Jamie]

get your favorite girl's (or guy's) pic in there on your ID, too




9 out of 10 dentists recommend smiling for your mug shot

[Carnos Jax]

LOL...what a goooob! Of course, that's so contemptuous of me.