Is the Traffic Code Discriminatory by Intent?

• In Event: Origins of Criminal Legal Policy

Brief Overview

We examine the political and social context in which the traffic code was implemented in North Carolina during the mid-1930s and find that there was an explicit intention to target the Black driving population.

Authors

• Kaneesha R. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Marty A Davidson, University of Wisconsin-Madison