Nick Gould of Bath University reports on a study of outcomes in a shire county magistrates court
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For a discussion of the methodological problems see M. McConville and J. Baldwin 'The Influence of Race on Sentencing in England' Criminal Law Review, pp. 652-658, 1982
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and B. Hudson 'Discrimination and disparity. the influence of race on sentencing ' New Community, Vol. 16 pp 23-34, 1989.
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McConville and Baldwin (note one), I. Crow and J Cove 'Ethnic Minorities and the Courts' Criminal Law Review1984, pp. 413-417;
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D. MoxonSentencing Practice in the Crown Courts, Home Office Research Study No. 103, 1988.
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See note one.
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R. Voakes and Q. FowlerSentencing, Race and Social Enquiry Reports, West Yorkshire Probation Service, 1989. West