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Akheil Singla

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Assistant Professor at the School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University

A police officer pulls over and tickets a delivery person in the New York City borough of Queens on March 22, 2023. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

September 21, 2023

Traffic tickets can be profitable, and fairness isn’t the bottom line in city courts where judges impose the fines

Sian Mughan, Arizona State University and Akheil Singla, Arizona State University

Research shows police officers issue more traffic tickets and judges impose more fines when their city gets the money and when the budget is tight.

How much does your city make from traffic tickets and other fines? vchal/Shutterstock.com

October 21, 2019

Cities with more black residents rely more on traffic tickets and fines for revenue

Akheil Singla, Arizona State University

A study looked at fines in 93 California cities. Cities with more black residents and more disproportionately white police forces tended to rely the most on fines.

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