"... For the study, the researchers sent out 500 fictional application letters and CVs and looked at the responses they received. The letters were all about the

"... For the study, the researchers sent out 500 fictional application letters and CVs and looked at the responses they received. The letters were all about the same in content, but on the CVs ethnicity and criminal record were systematically varied. The types of crime were also varied - violent crime, money crime and sex crime. ..."