高频定位数据显示,种族影响了超速罚款
Pradhi Aggarwal1, Alec Brandon2, Ariel Goldszmidt3
1Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
概括
在佛罗里达州, 种族或少数民族的共享驾驶员会收到更多的超速罚单, 这表明种族偏见可能是交通执法的一个因素.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学
- 社会学
- 运输研究
背景情况:
- 现有研究表明在执法方面存在种族差异, 少数群体面临的惩罚比白人更严厉.
- 这些差异的具体原因和影响,特别是在交通停止方面,仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查驾驶员比赛对获得超速罚款和相关罚款的可能性的影响.
- 探索在交通执法方面的种族差异潜在的潜在原因,
主要方法:
- 使用佛罗里达州222,838名乘客的高频定位数据.
- 分析了1930万个地点的ping来比较不同种族的司机之间的超速罚款.
- 控制了诸如行驶速度等因素,并检查了事故和重犯率.
主要成果:
- 与白人驾驶员相比,种族或少数民族驾驶员因超速驾驶而被指控的可能性高出24%至33%.
- 少数族裔司机的罚款比白人司机的罚款高出23%
- 事故和重犯率没有解释所观察到的传票和罚款的差异.
结论:
- 这些发现表明种族偏见, 而不是驱动行为或历史, 背后的差异超速引文和罚款.
- 这项研究突显了交通执法部门对种族和民族少数群体的潜在系统偏见.
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