Traffic Citation Study

Abstract

The goal of this study is to determine whether young males between the ages of 16-24 receive more traffic citations than any other group. We surveyed different age groups, both males and females, to determine the results. These results can not provide reliable explanations for what individual officers are thinking when they decided to stop or cite a particular motorist, however, it can help to identify whether certain groups are disproportionately given out more citations than others.