Hate Crimes
Katherine Ochoa
2022-09-16
Hate Crimes Dataset
This dataset looks at all types of hate crimes in New York counties by the type of hate crime from 2010 to 2016.
Flawed hate crime data collection - we should know how the data was collected
So now we know that there is possible bias in the dataset, what can we do with it?
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hatecrimes <- read_csv("hateCrimes2010.csv")## Rows: 423 Columns: 44
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## Delimiter: ","
## chr (2): County, Crime Type
## dbl (42): Year, Anti-Male, Anti-Female, Anti-Transgender, Anti-Gender Identi...
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## ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
## ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.Clean up the data:
Make all headers lowercase and remove spaces
names(hatecrimes) <- tolower(names(hatecrimes))
names(hatecrimes) <- gsub(" ","",names(hatecrimes))
str(hatecrimes)## spec_tbl_df [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()
## .. )
## - attr(*, "problems")=<externalptr>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. :113.00Select only certain 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 × 10
## # Groups: county, year [4]
## county year anti-…¹ anti-…² anti-…³ anti-…⁴ anti-…⁵ anti-…⁶ anti-…⁷ anti-…⁸
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Albany 2016 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
## 2 Albany 2016 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 3 Allegany 2016 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 4 Bronx 2016 0 1 0 0 0 6 8 0
## 5 Bronx 2016 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
## 6 Broome 2016 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
## # … with abbreviated variable names ¹`anti-black`, ²`anti-white`,
## # ³`anti-jewish`, ⁴`anti-catholic`, ⁵`anti-age*`, ⁶`anti-islamic(muslim)`,
## # ⁷`anti-gaymale`, ⁸`anti-hispanic`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 Facet_Wrap
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
hatenew <- hatecrimeslong %>%
filter( id== "anti-black" | id == "anti-jewish" | id == "anti-gaymale")%>%
group_by(year, county) %>%
arrange(desc(crimecount))
hatenew## # A tibble: 1,269 × 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
counties <- hatenew %>%
group_by(county, year)%>%
summarize(sum = sum(crimecount)) %>%
arrange(desc(sum)) ## `summarise()` has grouped output by 'county'. You can override using the
## `.groups` argument.counties## # A tibble: 277 × 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 rowsplot4 <- 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
How would calculations be affected by looking at hate crimes in counties per year by population densities?
setwd("/Users/KathyOchoa/Documents/DATA 110")
nypop <- read_csv("newyorkpopulation.csv")## Rows: 62 Columns: 8
## ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
## Delimiter: ","
## chr (1): Geography
## dbl (7): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
##
## ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
## ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.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 × 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 × 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 as well
counties12 <- counties %>%
filter(year == 2012) %>%
arrange(desc(sum))
counties12## # A tibble: 41 × 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 rowsJoin the Hate Crimes data with NY population data for 2012
datajoin <- counties12 %>%
full_join(nypoplong12, by=c("county", "year"))
datajoin## # A tibble: 41 × 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 × 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 rowsdt <- datajoinrate[,c("county","rate")]
dt## # A tibble: 41 × 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 rowsFollow Up
Aggregating some of the categories
aggregategroups <- hatecrimes %>%
tidyr::gather("id", "crimecount", 4:44)
unique(aggregategroups$id)## [1] "anti-male"
## [2] "anti-female"
## [3] "anti-transgender"
## [4] "anti-genderidentityexpression"
## [5] "anti-age*"
## [6] "anti-white"
## [7] "anti-black"
## [8] "anti-americanindian/alaskannative"
## [9] "anti-asian"
## [10] "anti-nativehawaiian/pacificislander"
## [11] "anti-multi-racialgroups"
## [12] "anti-otherrace"
## [13] "anti-jewish"
## [14] "anti-catholic"
## [15] "anti-protestant"
## [16] "anti-islamic(muslim)"
## [17] "anti-multi-religiousgroups"
## [18] "anti-atheism/agnosticism"
## [19] "anti-religiouspracticegenerally"
## [20] "anti-otherreligion"
## [21] "anti-buddhist"
## [22] "anti-easternorthodox(greek,russian,etc.)"
## [23] "anti-hindu"
## [24] "anti-jehovahswitness"
## [25] "anti-mormon"
## [26] "anti-otherchristian"
## [27] "anti-sikh"
## [28] "anti-hispanic"
## [29] "anti-arab"
## [30] "anti-otherethnicity/nationalorigin"
## [31] "anti-non-hispanic*"
## [32] "anti-gaymale"
## [33] "anti-gayfemale"
## [34] "anti-gay(maleandfemale)"
## [35] "anti-heterosexual"
## [36] "anti-bisexual"
## [37] "anti-physicaldisability"
## [38] "anti-mentaldisability"
## [39] "totalincidents"
## [40] "totalvictims"
## [41] "totaloffenders"aggregategroups <- aggregategroups %>%
mutate(group = case_when(
id %in% c("anti-transgender", "anti-gayfemale", "anti-genderidendityexpression", "anti-gaymale", "anti-gay(maleandfemale", "anti-bisexual") ~ "anti-lgbtq",
id %in% c("anti-multi-racialgroups", "anti-jewish", "anti-protestant", "anti-multi-religousgroups", "anti-religiouspracticegenerally", "anti-buddhist", "anti-hindu", "anti-mormon", "anti-sikh", "anti-catholic", "anti-islamic(muslim)", "anti-atheism/agnosticism", "anti-otherreligion", "anti-easternorthodox(greek,russian,etc.)", "anti-jehovahswitness", "anti-otherchristian") ~ "anti-religion",
id %in% c("anti-asian", "anti-arab", "anti-non-hispanic", "anti-white", "anti-americanindian/alaskannative", "anti-nativehawaiian/pacificislander", "anti-otherrace", "anti-hispanic", "anti-otherethnicity/nationalorigin") ~ "anti-ethnicity",
id %in% c("anti-physicaldisability", "anti-mentaldisability") ~ "anti-disability",
id %in% c("anti-female", "anti-male") ~ "anti-gender",
TRUE ~ "others"))
aggregategroups## # A tibble: 17,343 × 6
## county year crimetype id crimecount group
## <chr> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <chr>
## 1 Albany 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 2 Albany 2016 Property Crimes anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 3 Allegany 2016 Property Crimes anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 4 Bronx 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 5 Bronx 2016 Property Crimes anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 6 Broome 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 7 Cayuga 2016 Property Crimes anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 8 Chemung 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 9 Chemung 2016 Property Crimes anti-male 0 anti-gender
## 10 Chenango 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-male 0 anti-gender
## # … with 17,333 more rowsor create subset with just lgbtq
lgbtq <- hatecrimes %>%
tidyr::gather("id", "crimecount", 4:44) %>%
filter(id %in% c("anti-transgender", "anti-gayfemale", "anti-genderidendityexpression", "anti-gaymale", "anti-gay(maleandfemale", "anti-bisexual"))
lgbtq## # A tibble: 1,692 × 5
## county year crimetype id crimecount
## <chr> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Albany 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-transgender 0
## 2 Albany 2016 Property Crimes anti-transgender 0
## 3 Allegany 2016 Property Crimes anti-transgender 0
## 4 Bronx 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-transgender 4
## 5 Bronx 2016 Property Crimes anti-transgender 0
## 6 Broome 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-transgender 0
## 7 Cayuga 2016 Property Crimes anti-transgender 0
## 8 Chemung 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-transgender 0
## 9 Chemung 2016 Property Crimes anti-transgender 0
## 10 Chenango 2016 Crimes Against Persons anti-transgender 0
## # … with 1,682 more rowsSo what does all of this mean?
Important Findings:
The hatecrimes dataset offers crucial information to help understand which groups are targeted more frequently and where. The positive aspect of the dataset is that it offers information on a variety of protected groups ranging from race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, etc. Including a broad range of subgroups allows the audience to recognize and sympathize with the victims. However, the negative side of this aspect is that it also minimizes the the sufferance of those whose reported numbers are not as high. Additionally, having an abundance of groups in the dataset hinders the speed of finding which groups have higher reported numbers. This is even more damaging considering the lack of or inaccurate reporting of hate crimes.
Hypothetically, I would like to explore the population in each county by race. It would be beneficial to understand whether or not protected groups are disproportionately affected by hate crimes based on the population. Doing so would answer the question whether groups suffer more severe acts of aggression because their particular groups is frequently targeted or because their group populates the county at a higher rate. A better understanding would come from acknowledging each subgroup sufferance in relation to their neighbors. I would also like to explore the median income by county. This information would help determine whether or not lower-income counties experience higher rates of hate crimes. I hypothesize that this is, in fact, the case. However, I am interested to learn which groups are targeted more in lower vs. higher income counties.
After seeing the output from the tutorial, the first thing I would do to follow up would be to contact my local state government and ask about their policies on reporting hate crimes to the FBI. I would also ask about the training officers receive to correctly identity hate crimes while on-the-scene. Depending on the responses received, I would petition for the state to enact more efficient hate crime reporting policies. The second step I’d take would be to further research why Jewish people experienced more discrimination than other protected groups. Considering that the data is a bit outdated, I’d also be interested to know if Jewish people are still being targeted more in more recent years. This information could be used to raise awareness in the counties with higher numbers and could encourage residents to be more proactive in reducing these numbers by recognizing, reporting, and/or intervening when hate crimes are happening.