DWI penalties, for example, may include steep fines ranging from $ 500 to $ 5,000, and a jail sentence between six months and 15 years based on the number of
prior similar infractions.
Steinberg and Lacoe note a shortcoming of this work is its inability to control for students»
prior disciplinary records, suggesting that might explain justifiable differences in severity of punishment for
similar infractions — in this case, the results would overestimate discrimination's impact.