3_WilliamLopez_HateCrimesTutorial
Will Lopez
2/16/2021
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hatecrimes <- read_csv("hateCrimes2010.csv")## Parsed with column specification:
## cols(
## .default = col_double(),
## County = col_character(),
## `Crime Type` = col_character()
## )## See spec(...) for full column specifications.Data clean up:
Make all headers lowercase and remove spaces.
names(hatecrimes) <- tolower(names(hatecrimes))
names(hatecrimes) <- gsub(" ","",names(hatecrimes))
str(hatecrimes)## tibble [423 × 44] (S3: spec_tbl_df/tbl_df/tbl/data.frame)
## $ county : chr [1:423] "Albany" "Albany" "Allegany" "Bronx" ...
## $ year : num [1:423] 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 ...
## $ crimetype : chr [1:423] "Crimes Against Persons" "Property Crimes" "Property Crimes" "Crimes Against Persons" ...
## $ anti-male : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-female : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-transgender : num [1:423] 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-genderidentityexpression : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-age* : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-white : num [1:423] 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-black : num [1:423] 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 ...
## $ anti-americanindian/alaskannative : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-asian : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-nativehawaiian/pacificislander : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-multi-racialgroups : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-otherrace : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-jewish : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-catholic : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-protestant : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-islamic(muslim) : num [1:423] 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 ...
## $ anti-multi-religiousgroups : num [1:423] 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-atheism/agnosticism : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-religiouspracticegenerally : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-otherreligion : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-buddhist : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-easternorthodox(greek,russian,etc.): num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-hindu : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-jehovahswitness : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-mormon : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-otherchristian : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-sikh : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-hispanic : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-arab : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-otherethnicity/nationalorigin : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-non-hispanic* : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-gaymale : num [1:423] 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-gayfemale : num [1:423] 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-gay(maleandfemale) : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-heterosexual : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-bisexual : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-physicaldisability : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ anti-mentaldisability : num [1:423] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ totalincidents : num [1:423] 3 3 1 20 2 3 1 1 1 2 ...
## $ totalvictims : num [1:423] 4 3 1 20 2 3 1 1 1 2 ...
## $ totaloffenders : num [1:423] 3 3 1 25 2 3 1 1 1 2 ...
## - attr(*, "spec")=
## .. cols(
## .. County = col_character(),
## .. Year = col_double(),
## .. `Crime Type` = col_character(),
## .. `Anti-Male` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Female` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Transgender` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Gender Identity Expression` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Age*` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-White` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Black` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Asian` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Multi-Racial Groups` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Other Race` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Jewish` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Catholic` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Protestant` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Islamic (Muslim)` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Multi-Religious Groups` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Religious Practice Generally` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Other Religion` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Buddhist` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Eastern Orthodox (Greek, Russian, etc.)` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Hindu` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Jehovahs Witness` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Mormon` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Other Christian` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Sikh` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Hispanic` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Arab` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Other Ethnicity/National Origin` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Non-Hispanic*` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Gay Male` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Gay Female` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Gay (Male and Female)` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Heterosexual` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Bisexual` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Physical Disability` = col_double(),
## .. `Anti-Mental Disability` = col_double(),
## .. `Total Incidents` = col_double(),
## .. `Total Victims` = col_double(),
## .. `Total Offenders` = col_double()
## .. )summary(hatecrimes)## county year crimetype anti-male
## Length:423 Min. :2010 Length:423 Min. :0.000000
## Class :character 1st Qu.:2011 Class :character 1st Qu.:0.000000
## Mode :character Median :2013 Mode :character Median :0.000000
## Mean :2013 Mean :0.007092
## 3rd Qu.:2015 3rd Qu.:0.000000
## Max. :2016 Max. :1.000000
## anti-female anti-transgender anti-genderidentityexpression
## Min. :0.00000 Min. :0.00000 Min. :0.00000
## 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.:0.00000
## Median :0.00000 Median :0.00000 Median :0.00000
## Mean :0.01655 Mean :0.04728 Mean :0.05674
## 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.:0.00000
## Max. :1.00000 Max. :5.00000 Max. :3.00000
## anti-age* anti-white anti-black
## Min. :0.00000 Min. : 0.0000 Min. : 0.000
## 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.: 0.0000 1st Qu.: 0.000
## Median :0.00000 Median : 0.0000 Median : 1.000
## Mean :0.05201 Mean : 0.3357 Mean : 1.761
## 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000 3rd Qu.: 2.000
## Max. :9.00000 Max. :11.0000 Max. :18.000
## anti-americanindian/alaskannative anti-asian
## Min. :0.000000 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:0.000000 1st Qu.:0.0000
## Median :0.000000 Median :0.0000
## Mean :0.007092 Mean :0.1773
## 3rd Qu.:0.000000 3rd Qu.:0.0000
## Max. :1.000000 Max. :8.0000
## anti-nativehawaiian/pacificislander anti-multi-racialgroups anti-otherrace
## Min. :0 Min. :0.00000 Min. :0
## 1st Qu.:0 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.:0
## Median :0 Median :0.00000 Median :0
## Mean :0 Mean :0.08511 Mean :0
## 3rd Qu.:0 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.:0
## Max. :0 Max. :3.00000 Max. :0
## anti-jewish anti-catholic anti-protestant anti-islamic(muslim)
## Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.0000 Min. :0.00000 Min. : 0.0000
## 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.0000 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.: 0.0000
## Median : 0.000 Median : 0.0000 Median :0.00000 Median : 0.0000
## Mean : 3.981 Mean : 0.2695 Mean :0.02364 Mean : 0.4704
## 3rd Qu.: 3.000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000
## Max. :82.000 Max. :12.0000 Max. :1.00000 Max. :10.0000
## anti-multi-religiousgroups anti-atheism/agnosticism
## Min. : 0.00000 Min. :0
## 1st Qu.: 0.00000 1st Qu.:0
## Median : 0.00000 Median :0
## Mean : 0.07565 Mean :0
## 3rd Qu.: 0.00000 3rd Qu.:0
## Max. :10.00000 Max. :0
## anti-religiouspracticegenerally anti-otherreligion anti-buddhist
## Min. :0.000000 Min. :0.000 Min. :0
## 1st Qu.:0.000000 1st Qu.:0.000 1st Qu.:0
## Median :0.000000 Median :0.000 Median :0
## Mean :0.007092 Mean :0.104 Mean :0
## 3rd Qu.:0.000000 3rd Qu.:0.000 3rd Qu.:0
## Max. :2.000000 Max. :4.000 Max. :0
## anti-easternorthodox(greek,russian,etc.) anti-hindu
## Min. :0.000000 Min. :0.000000
## 1st Qu.:0.000000 1st Qu.:0.000000
## Median :0.000000 Median :0.000000
## Mean :0.002364 Mean :0.002364
## 3rd Qu.:0.000000 3rd Qu.:0.000000
## Max. :1.000000 Max. :1.000000
## anti-jehovahswitness anti-mormon anti-otherchristian anti-sikh
## Min. :0 Min. :0 Min. :0.00000 Min. :0
## 1st Qu.:0 1st Qu.:0 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.:0
## Median :0 Median :0 Median :0.00000 Median :0
## Mean :0 Mean :0 Mean :0.01655 Mean :0
## 3rd Qu.:0 3rd Qu.:0 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.:0
## Max. :0 Max. :0 Max. :3.00000 Max. :0
## anti-hispanic anti-arab anti-otherethnicity/nationalorigin
## Min. : 0.0000 Min. :0.00000 Min. : 0.0000
## 1st Qu.: 0.0000 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.: 0.0000
## Median : 0.0000 Median :0.00000 Median : 0.0000
## Mean : 0.3735 Mean :0.06619 Mean : 0.2837
## 3rd Qu.: 0.0000 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000
## Max. :17.0000 Max. :2.00000 Max. :19.0000
## anti-non-hispanic* anti-gaymale anti-gayfemale anti-gay(maleandfemale)
## Min. :0 Min. : 0.000 Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:0 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.:0.0000 1st Qu.:0.0000
## Median :0 Median : 0.000 Median :0.0000 Median :0.0000
## Mean :0 Mean : 1.499 Mean :0.2411 Mean :0.1017
## 3rd Qu.:0 3rd Qu.: 1.000 3rd Qu.:0.0000 3rd Qu.:0.0000
## Max. :0 Max. :36.000 Max. :8.0000 Max. :4.0000
## anti-heterosexual anti-bisexual anti-physicaldisability
## Min. :0.000000 Min. :0.000000 Min. :0.00000
## 1st Qu.:0.000000 1st Qu.:0.000000 1st Qu.:0.00000
## Median :0.000000 Median :0.000000 Median :0.00000
## Mean :0.002364 Mean :0.004728 Mean :0.01182
## 3rd Qu.:0.000000 3rd Qu.:0.000000 3rd Qu.:0.00000
## Max. :1.000000 Max. :1.000000 Max. :1.00000
## anti-mentaldisability totalincidents totalvictims totaloffenders
## Min. :0.000000 Min. : 1.00 Min. : 1.00 Min. : 1.00
## 1st Qu.:0.000000 1st Qu.: 1.00 1st Qu.: 1.00 1st Qu.: 1.00
## Median :0.000000 Median : 3.00 Median : 3.00 Median : 3.00
## Mean :0.009456 Mean : 10.09 Mean : 10.48 Mean : 11.77
## 3rd Qu.:0.000000 3rd Qu.: 10.00 3rd Qu.: 10.00 3rd Qu.: 11.00
## Max. :1.000000 Max. :101.00 Max. :106.00 Max. :113.00Selecting specific hate-crimes:
hatecrimes2 <- hatecrimes %>%
select(county, year, `anti-black`, 'anti-white', `anti-jewish`, 'anti-catholic','anti-age*','anti-islamic(muslim)', 'anti-gaymale', 'anti-hispanic') %>%
group_by(county, year)
head(hatecrimes2)## # A tibble: 6 x 10
## # Groups: county, year [4]
## county year `anti-black` `anti-white` `anti-jewish` `anti-catholic`
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Albany 2016 1 0 0 0
## 2 Albany 2016 2 0 0 0
## 3 Alleg… 2016 1 0 0 0
## 4 Bronx 2016 0 1 0 0
## 5 Bronx 2016 0 1 1 0
## 6 Broome 2016 1 0 0 0
## # … with 4 more variables: `anti-age*` <dbl>, `anti-islamic(muslim)` <dbl>,
## # `anti-gaymale` <dbl>, `anti-hispanic` <dbl>Check the dimensions and the summary to make sure no missing values
dim(hatecrimes2)## [1] 423 10# There are currently 13 variables with 423 rows.
summary(hatecrimes2)## county year anti-black anti-white
## Length:423 Min. :2010 Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.0000
## Class :character 1st Qu.:2011 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.0000
## Mode :character Median :2013 Median : 1.000 Median : 0.0000
## Mean :2013 Mean : 1.761 Mean : 0.3357
## 3rd Qu.:2015 3rd Qu.: 2.000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000
## Max. :2016 Max. :18.000 Max. :11.0000
## anti-jewish anti-catholic anti-age* anti-islamic(muslim)
## Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.0000 Min. :0.00000 Min. : 0.0000
## 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.0000 1st Qu.:0.00000 1st Qu.: 0.0000
## Median : 0.000 Median : 0.0000 Median :0.00000 Median : 0.0000
## Mean : 3.981 Mean : 0.2695 Mean :0.05201 Mean : 0.4704
## 3rd Qu.: 3.000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000 3rd Qu.:0.00000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000
## Max. :82.000 Max. :12.0000 Max. :9.00000 Max. :10.0000
## anti-gaymale anti-hispanic
## Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.0000
## 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.0000
## Median : 0.000 Median : 0.0000
## Mean : 1.499 Mean : 0.3735
## 3rd Qu.: 1.000 3rd Qu.: 0.0000
## Max. :36.000 Max. :17.0000Use of Facet_Wrap
I the gather command being deprecated? I thought we now have to use pivotlong?
hatecrimeslong <- hatecrimes2 %>%
tidyr::gather("id", "crimecount", 3:10)
hatecrimesplot <-hatecrimeslong %>%
ggplot(., aes(year, crimecount))+
geom_point()+
aes(color = id)+
facet_wrap(~id)
hatecrimesplot
Look deeper into crimes against blacks, gay males, and jews and filter those that stand out
hatenew <- hatecrimeslong %>%
filter( id== "anti-black" | id == "anti-jewish" | id == "anti-gaymale")%>%
group_by(year, county) %>%
arrange(desc(crimecount))
hatenew## # A tibble: 1,269 x 4
## # Groups: year, county [277]
## county year id crimecount
## <chr> <dbl> <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Kings 2012 anti-jewish 82
## 2 Kings 2016 anti-jewish 51
## 3 Suffolk 2014 anti-jewish 48
## 4 Suffolk 2012 anti-jewish 48
## 5 Kings 2011 anti-jewish 44
## 6 Kings 2013 anti-jewish 41
## 7 Kings 2010 anti-jewish 39
## 8 Nassau 2011 anti-jewish 38
## 9 Suffolk 2013 anti-jewish 37
## 10 Nassau 2016 anti-jewish 36
## # … with 1,259 more rowsPlot these three types of hate crimes together
plot2 <- hatenew %>%
ggplot() +
geom_bar(aes(x=year, y=crimecount, fill = id),
position = "dodge", stat = "identity") +
ggtitle("Hate Crime Type in NY Counties Between 2010-2016") +
ylab("Number of Hate Crime Incidents") +
labs(fill = "Hate Crime Type")
plot2
What about the counties?
plot3 <- hatenew %>%
ggplot() +
geom_bar(aes(x=county, y=crimecount, fill = id),
position = "dodge", stat = "identity") +
ggtitle("Hate Crime Type in NY Counties Between 2010-2016") +
ylab("Number of Hate Crime Incidents") +
labs(fill = "Hate Crime Type")
plot3
So many counties - condence to a few counties to make sense of the data
counties <- hatenew %>%
group_by(county, year)%>%
summarize(sum = sum(crimecount)) %>%
arrange(desc(sum)) ## `summarise()` regrouping output by 'county' (override with `.groups` argument)counties## # A tibble: 277 x 3
## # Groups: county [60]
## county year sum
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Kings 2012 136
## 2 Kings 2010 110
## 3 Kings 2016 101
## 4 Kings 2013 96
## 5 Kings 2014 94
## 6 Kings 2015 90
## 7 Kings 2011 86
## 8 New York 2016 86
## 9 Suffolk 2012 83
## 10 New York 2013 75
## # … with 267 more rowsCreate a barplot above with only 5 counties with the highest incidence of hate-crimes in 2012
plot4 <- hatenew %>%
filter(county =="Kings" | county =="New York" | county == "Suffolk" | county == "Nassau" | county == "Queens") %>%
ggplot() +
geom_bar(aes(x=county, y=crimecount, fill = id),
position = "dodge", stat = "identity") +
labs(ylab = "Number of Hate Crime Incidents",
title = "5 Counties in NY with Highest Incidents of Hate Crimes",
subtitle = "Between 2010-2016",
fill = "Hate Crime Type")
plot4
Use NY 2010 Census data to examine how would calculations be affected by looking at hate crimes in counties per year by population densities?
setwd("~/Desktop/1. William/1. School/DATA SCIENCE/1. DATA 110 Vis. & Com./2. Class Notes")
nypop <- read_csv("newyorkpopulation.csv")## Parsed with column specification:
## cols(
## Geography = col_character(),
## `2010` = col_double(),
## `2011` = col_double(),
## `2012` = col_double(),
## `2013` = col_double(),
## `2014` = col_double(),
## `2015` = col_double(),
## `2016` = col_double()
## )Clean the county name to match the other dataset
nypop$Geography <- gsub(" , New York", "", nypop$Geography)
nypop$Geography <- gsub("County", "", nypop$Geography)
nypoplong <- nypop %>%
rename(county = Geography) %>%
gather("year", "population", 2:8)
nypoplong$year <- as.double(nypoplong$year)
head(nypoplong)## # A tibble: 6 x 3
## county year population
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Albany , New York 2010 304078
## 2 Allegany , New York 2010 48949
## 3 Bronx , New York 2010 1388240
## 4 Broome , New York 2010 200469
## 5 Cattaraugus , New York 2010 80249
## 6 Cayuga , New York 2010 79844Focus on 2012
nypoplong12 <- nypoplong %>%
filter(year == 2012) %>%
arrange(desc(population)) %>%
head(10)
nypoplong12$county<-gsub(" , New York","",nypoplong12$county)
nypoplong12## # A tibble: 10 x 3
## county year population
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Kings 2012 2572282
## 2 Queens 2012 2278024
## 3 New York 2012 1625121
## 4 Suffolk 2012 1499382
## 5 Bronx 2012 1414774
## 6 Nassau 2012 1350748
## 7 Westchester 2012 961073
## 8 Erie 2012 920792
## 9 Monroe 2012 748947
## 10 Richmond 2012 470978Recall the total hate crime counts:
Kings 713 New York 459 Suffolk 360 Nassau 298 Queens 235
Filter hate crimes just for 2012
counties12 <- counties %>%
filter(year == 2012) %>%
arrange(desc(sum))
counties12## # A tibble: 41 x 3
## # Groups: county [41]
## county year sum
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Kings 2012 136
## 2 Suffolk 2012 83
## 3 New York 2012 71
## 4 Nassau 2012 48
## 5 Queens 2012 48
## 6 Erie 2012 28
## 7 Bronx 2012 23
## 8 Richmond 2012 18
## 9 Multiple 2012 14
## 10 Westchester 2012 13
## # … with 31 more rows#J oin the Hate Crimes data with NY population data for 2012
datajoin <- counties12 %>%
full_join(nypoplong12, by=c("county", "year"))
datajoin## # A tibble: 41 x 4
## # Groups: county [41]
## county year sum population
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Kings 2012 136 2572282
## 2 Suffolk 2012 83 1499382
## 3 New York 2012 71 1625121
## 4 Nassau 2012 48 1350748
## 5 Queens 2012 48 2278024
## 6 Erie 2012 28 920792
## 7 Bronx 2012 23 1414774
## 8 Richmond 2012 18 470978
## 9 Multiple 2012 14 NA
## 10 Westchester 2012 13 961073
## # … with 31 more rowsCalculate the rate of incidents per 100,000. Then arrange in descending order
datajoinrate <- datajoin %>%
mutate(rate = sum/population*100000) %>%
arrange(desc(rate))
datajoinrate## # A tibble: 41 x 5
## # Groups: county [41]
## county year sum population rate
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Suffolk 2012 83 1499382 5.54
## 2 Kings 2012 136 2572282 5.29
## 3 New York 2012 71 1625121 4.37
## 4 Richmond 2012 18 470978 3.82
## 5 Nassau 2012 48 1350748 3.55
## 6 Erie 2012 28 920792 3.04
## 7 Queens 2012 48 2278024 2.11
## 8 Bronx 2012 23 1414774 1.63
## 9 Westchester 2012 13 961073 1.35
## 10 Monroe 2012 5 748947 0.668
## # … with 31 more rowsNotice that the highest rates of hate crimes in 2012 happened in:
dt <- datajoinrate[,c("county","rate")]
dt## # A tibble: 41 x 2
## # Groups: county [41]
## county rate
## <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Suffolk 5.54
## 2 Kings 5.29
## 3 New York 4.37
## 4 Richmond 3.82
## 5 Nassau 3.55
## 6 Erie 3.04
## 7 Queens 2.11
## 8 Bronx 1.63
## 9 Westchester 1.35
## 10 Monroe 0.668
## # … with 31 more rowsPositive highlights of this dataset:
- The data structure makes sense. It is right to frame different categories of hate-crime against racial, gender, age, and religious groups makes sense.
- Cross-referencing Hate crimes with Census data to establish hate-crimes per population by county makes sense to a degree. It makes sense to explore the type of “hate-crimes” that are happening in the different communities in order to pull in the right resources to address the incidents.
Negative highlights of this dataset:
- It is very sad to see that, because often times at a very high level top officials do not provide the adequate committment for police officers to be able to positively assess hate-crimes we are having to work with skewed data. The fact that cases are missing, makes it very difficult to address social issues and come to decisions for investment in communities and police officer education.
- Although there are at least 8 categories where hate-crimes are framed I think this could be improved. For starters, there are not any hate-crimes listed for females? I wonder if this would fall deceptively under women abuse? Secodly, “gay-male” hatecrimes could perhaps be extended to begin with to the LGBTQ+ group. I have seen in studies and news that the transgender community is specially affected by hate-crimes, perhaps more so (nowadays) than gay males.
- I also think that iso having catholics listed perhaps there could be a religion category. I have not seen many anti-catholic groups or offenders in the US. Perhaps other “minority” religious groups as the Mormon Church, or Jehova’s Withnesses may have a higher propensity of hate crime incidence than Catholics.
Different paths I would be encouraged to study about this dataset
- I would like to look closer into crimes against females, and the LGBTQ+ community by race.
- I would like to have a closer look at the age groups of offenders if available, perhaps there are things that can be done to mitigate or deterr these events from occurring.
Follow ups:
- I would probably want to try to set a standard for data collection through committees that are specially trained in hate-crimes, as it is the case of Law enforcement in Boston.
- I would set up a special task force to review counties with the highest incidence of hate-crimes in order to determine the root cause of these events.