 These racial disparities were particularly pronounced for young men.The study found that whites who were searched were more likely to carry contraband than blacks and Hispanics.A 2018 study in the "Journal of Empirical Legal Studies" found that law enforcement officers in Texas who could charge shoplifters with two types of crimes (one more serious, one less so) due to a vaguely worded statute were more likely to charge blacks and Hispanics with the more serious crime.