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Published in final edited form as: J Safety Res. 2013 Feb 8;45:117–125. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2013.01.007

Table 5.

Actual Probabilities of Arrests and Their Disposition

Demographic Group	Arrest rate	Convicted if arrested	Fine if convicted	Fine amount	Jail if convicted	Jail days
Demographic Group	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)^ⱡ	(5)	(6)^ⱡ
White male	0.0088 (0.0016)	0.63 (0.0050)	0.37 (0.0064)	576.26 (54.12)	0.30 (0.00060)	150.98 (5.57)
Black male	0.0104 (0.0011)	0.59^** (0.0079)	0.77^** (0.088)	747.46^** (12.43)	0.43^** (0.010)	127.14^** (5.59)
White female	0.0010^** (0.00048)	0.62 (0.0089)	0.33^** (0.011)	437.55 (23.58)	0.28 (0.010)	129.20 (7.85)
Black female	0.0020^** (0.00031)	0.57^** (0.018)	0.65^** (0.023)	663.86 (32.09)	0.39^** (0.024)	117.64^* (13.59)

Standard errors in parentheses:

^**

p<0.01,

p<0.05 with White males the comparison group;

^ⱡ

Excludes Washington (Yakima and King counties).