Data Update 1: Family and non-family victims of police-reported violent crime and traffic offences causing bodily harm or death, by victim age and gender, detailed relationship of accused to victim, and type of violation

 1. What dataset will you use for your final report?

The dataset I am using for my final report is titled Family and non-family victims of police-reported violent crime and traffic offences causing bodily harm or death, by victim age and gender, detailed relationship of accused to victim, and type of violation from Statistics Canada. 

2. Describe the dataset. What kind of data does it contain?

The dataset contains the number of victims and the rate per 100,000 population. The report is based on police-reported violent crime and traffic violation by age, gender and the relationship of accused to victim. It is divided by the gender of the victim. It includes cases from 2019 to 2020. It starts with the total violations divided by gender and the relationship of accused to victim. 

3. Is there anything about your data that you don't understand? (i.e. what a column heading means). How will you find this out?

This dataset has separated every element, which is easy to comprehend. I don't think there is anything right now that I didn't understand. 

4. What are some questions you hope to answer with your data? List at least three. (you don't need the answers at this point) 

Has there been any increase or decrease in crime rates in 2020?

What percent of police-related crimes were family related?

What percent of police-related crimes were non-family related?

Which relationship has the highest crime rate?

I would also like to know if the gender of the victim influenced any of these crimes. 

Comments

  1. Erin YoonFebruary 16, 2022 at 7:27 PM

    Hi Ahanya, I think you did a great job of describing your dataset in a concise and clear manner. I think it might have been better if you could have integrated your questions into more of a paragraph format instead of just listing them, but I think you did a great job of choosing an array of questions to answer.

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  2. Aneel BrarFebruary 17, 2022 at 6:22 PM

    This dataset seems interesting, while always being pretty easy to understand so you shouldn't have a tough time analyzing it. I look forward to seeing how you answer the questions you laid out for yourself.

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  3. Wanyi SunFebruary 18, 2022 at 11:09 PM

    Hi Ahanya! In describing the dataset, you have explained your dataset very concisely. And you told what the dataset is classified by. In the end, you raised a lot of interesting questions. Looking forward to your answers!

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  4. Vinisha SharmaFebruary 20, 2022 at 11:54 AM

    Hi Ahanya, you chose a very interesting dataset to work with for your final report. Law and crime is something that I have always been interested in and seeing the dataset about violent crime and traffic offences were interesting yet different to see. The questions which you also included were related to what your data set is about and I am looking forward to seeing the answers to the questions as well.

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  5. Brett Davidson's Blog (JRNL3165)February 20, 2022 at 1:53 PM

    Hi Ahanya,

    Good job with your first data update. I think your first and last questions were your best ones. These questions allow for you to show more interesting changes. I think one thing that you can do is simplify this further and ask "What's the big picture question I'm trying to answer here?"

    Also, I'm wondering if there's a larger data set available that shows a larger reference period.

    Best of luck!

    Brett

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