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dc.contributor.authorAnbarci, Nejaten
dc.contributor.authorLee, Jungminen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-21-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:50:08Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:50:08Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20090107109en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35296-
dc.description.abstractLaw enforcement officers are allowed to exercise a significant amount of street-level discretion in a variety of ways. In this paper, we focus on a particular prominent kind of discretionary behavior by traffic officers when issuing speeding tickets, speed discounting. Officers partially forgive motorists by writing a lower speed level than the speed that officers observe. Verifying the level of speed discounting by different groups of officers and motorists and ascertaining the presence of racial disparities in this lenient policing are the main objectives of this paper. We find that minority officers, particularly African-Americans, are harsher on all motorists but even harsher on minority motorists regarding speed discounting. The minority-on-minority disparity appears to be stronger in situations involving Hispanic officers, infrequently ticketing officers, male motorists, those driving old vehicles, and minority neighborhoods.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3903en
dc.subject.jelJ70en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordPolice discretionen
dc.subject.keyworddisparate treatmenten
dc.subject.keywordracial biasen
dc.subject.keywordspeeding ticketsen
dc.subject.stwGeschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen
dc.subject.stwStrafeen
dc.subject.stwGebühren
dc.subject.stwEthnische Diskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwPolizeien
dc.subject.stwBoston (Mass.)en
dc.titleSpeed discounting and racial disparities: evidence from speeding tickets in Boston-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn58976277Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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