Hand Crimes Assignement
Claudia KOUMBA
2022-09-20
Hate Crimes Dataset
Data collected from Flawing crime data.
library(tidyverse)## -- Attaching packages --------------------------------------- tidyverse 1.3.2 --
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## x dplyr::lag() masks stats::lag()library(tinytex)Load the data
setwd("C:/Users/claud/Downloads")
hatecrimes <- read_csv("hateCrimes2010.csv")## Rows: 423 Columns: 44
## -- Column specification --------------------------------------------------------
## Delimiter: ","
## chr (2): County, Crime Type
## dbl (42): Year, Anti-Male, Anti-Female, Anti-Transgender, Anti-Gender Identi...
##
## 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 x 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)Select 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 x 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 to count how many variables remain
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 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
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 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 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?
Bring in census data for populations of New York counties. These are estimates from the 2010 census.
setwd("C:/Users/claud/Downloads")
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 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 as well
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 rowsJoin 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 rows##Follow 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 x 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 x 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 rowsESSAY
Positive and Negative Aspect about the HandCrimes dataset
One of the important points that I highlight in this Hand Crimes data set is that from 2010 to 2016, contrary to what we think of the level of anti-black or anti-gay crimes, they were the least attacked in the counties of New York unlike the Anti-Jews who most target in Kings and Suffolk.
Add to that one of the points that I can mentioned from this Hand crimes data set is that the Bronx, which is a county in New York well known for its social excesses, if we had to stick to a stereotype, “drugs, crime and poverty” is one of the counties least affected by incidents in 2012 with a rate of 1.63 in 2012 out of a population of 100,000 compared to some other counties like Suffolk (with a rate of 5, 54) or Kings (with a rate of 5.29 in 2012).
One of the negative points of this dataset is that there may be a lack of data on hate crimes as not all crimes are unfortunately reported. In my opinion, it is just based on an uncertain estimation because there are so many hateful acts of violence every seconds that making a count would be a difficult task.
One of a positif points is that based on this dataset, we can take action to prevent hate crimes. Another one is that the hand crimes dataset contains good information such as a various types of crimes -anti-age, anti-black, anti-female,etc…according to years , county, etc. According to me there is detailed information to conduct and analyse hate crimes
Two differents Paths
Those who attack others because of their race, religion, or sexual orientation are ganged up and have a strategic plan of attack. They could have a criminal background or belong to gang, but many of these persons could have different motives including financial or materials goals. One of the paths i would like to study is about religious hates crimes against the Jewish community because it is the group of people that has suffered the most religious persecution and i want to understand the reason for so much hatred. I will collect data based on year, counties, age, sex,etc… Another path i would like to focus on is LGBTIQQ related hate crimes which i believe is another group that have been under attack. For me, homosexuality is still considered as a “taboo” subject in the African-American community which is one of the largest communities in New York.
Two things to follow
For more practice i will try to use the sample tutorial to try out various methods and functions. Run more data visualization(graphics for instance).