Does race affect outcome of criminal cases? Reports portraying juveniles differently lead to tougher sentencing recommendations for blacks

/ University of Washington News and Information, Dec. 2005
http://www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=1536
Joel Schwarz
"For three decades social scientists have been trying to figure out, with little success, how a person's race affects the outcome of criminal cases. Now researchers have found a missing link -- court reports prepared prior to sentencing by probation officers that consistently portray black and white juvenile offenders differently, thus leading to harsher sentencing recommendations for blacks."