Social network analysis used to convict slumlords
In working with tenants to help their city attorney convict a group of slumlords, an economic justice organization collected public data on housing violations that were going unfixed. They tried...
View ArticleFitbit data to be used in court as evidence
Personal data from Facebook, Twitter, and email are already used, so sure why not. Fitbit-generated movement data is now used in the courtroom. The young woman in question was injured in an accident...
View ArticleIllegal to collect environmental data in Wyoming
Wyoming just passed a law that makes it illegal to collect data about the environment, if you intend to send it to a federal or state government agency. The reason? The state wants to conceal the fact...
View ArticleUnsolved killings mapped
Thousands of homicides. Some cases result in an arrest. Many end up unsolved. The Washington Post mapped areas in major cities to show the contrast between the two types of homicide cases. The data...
View ArticleInflated counts for cleared rape cases
Newsy, Reveal and ProPublica look into rape cases in the U.S. and law enforcement’s use of exceptional clearance. The designation allows police to clear cases when they have enough evidence to make an...
View ArticleNew abortion restrictions by state, since 2011
For FiveThirtyEight, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Gus Wezerek categorized and mapped new abortion restrictions enacted by state legislatures from 2011 to 2019: The result is a complicated patchwork of...
View ArticleFull scope of gun deaths in the U.S.
As I’m sure you know, mass shootings, which gain attention because the scale of their severity is so high, make up only a fraction of total gun deaths. Several tens of thousands of people die from gun...
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