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Published in final edited form as: William Mary Law Rev. 2014 Apr;55(4):1365–1427.

Table 10.

Fines Imposed

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Black Male 0.59
[0.57, 0.60]
0.71
[0.69, 0.73]
0.75
[0.73, 0.77]
0.78
[0.76, 0.81]
Hispanic Male 0.68
[0.66, 0.70]
0.77
[0.74, 0.79]
0.78
[0.76, 0.81]
0.75
[0.72, 0.77]
White Female 1.60
[1.54, 1.67]
1.74
[1.67, 1.82]
1.68
[1.61, 1.76]
1.57
[1.50, 1.64]
Not Guilty Plea 0.89
[0.86, 0.92]
0.75
[0.72, 0.78]
0.71
[0.68, 0.73]
0.67
[0.65, 0.70]
Felony DWI 0.01
[0.01, 0.02]
Prior DWI 0.52
[0.49, 0.55]
Pro Se 0.48
[0.47, 0.50]
0.51
[0.49, 0.52]
0.47
[0.46, 0.49]
Court-Appointed
Attorney
0.19
[0.19, 0.20]
0.21
[0.21, 0.22]
0.24
[0.23, 0.25]
Public Defender 0.21
[0.20, 0.22]
0.23
[0.22, 0.24]
0.24
[0.23, 0.25]
Bail/Bond Category 1 1.29
[1.23, 1.35]
1.33
[1.27, 1.40]
Bail/Bond Category 2 1.75
[1.63, 1.88]
1.88
[1.75, 2.03]
Bail/Bond Category 3 0.52
[0.50, 0.53]
0.60
[0.58, 0.62]
Median HH Income
($100,000s)
1.60
[1.42, 1.80]
Expensive Home Index 1.02
[1.01, 1.03]
Share with under 12
years schooling
0.57
[0.51, 0.65]
Concurrent Violations? N N N Y
N 323,115 323,115 323,115 323,115

Source: ACIS.

Notes: The dependent variable in all regressions takes the value 1 if the defendant received a fine as part of the sentence and 0 otherwise. All estimates are odds ratios based on a logit regression. Estimates are reported with 95% confidence intervals in brackets, and estimates significant at the 5 percent level are highlighted in bold. For variables that are included in the regressions but not shown, see the note to Table 3.