Geography Time Outcomes Demographics
Task 4 · Demographic Analysis
Who gets stopped — and what happens to them?
Enforcement outcomes broken down by race and age group. Under the same stop conditions, different demographic groups show different arrest rates, which warrants careful examination.
Interpretation

Outcome distributions vary across racial groups even when controlling for stop reason. Black and Hispanic drivers show higher arrest rates compared to white and Asian/Pacific Islander drivers, a pattern that is consistent across the dataset.

These differences do not by themselves establish causation, but they indicate that demographic group is associated with enforcement outcome in ways that deserve closer examination. Conclusions here should be framed as correlational, not causal.

By Race
Race Total Stops Warning % Citation % Arrest %
By Age Group
Age Group Total Stops Arrests Arrest Rate
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Outcome breakdown by race (stacked bar)
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Arrest rate by race
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Arrest rate by age group
Key Takeaway

The data shows that arrest rates are not uniform across demographic groups. These patterns are consistent across the dataset and suggest that demographic analysis should be a central part of any complete examination of enforcement outcomes.

Note: correlation is not causation. Differences in arrest rate may reflect many factors including stop reason distribution, neighborhood, and other variables not fully controlled for here.