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“Probation officers consistently portray black youths differently than white youths… attributing blacks' delinquency to negative attitudinal and personality traits. Their depictions of white youths more frequently stress the influence of the … social environment."
Racial Disparities in Official Assessments of Juvenile Offenders: Attributional Stereotypes as Mediating Mechanisms
American Sociological Review
Vol. 63 Issue 4, p. 554,
1998
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