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'''From Daniel X O'Neil, Smart Chicago Collaborative/Everyblock:''' | '''From Daniel X O'Neil, Smart Chicago Collaborative/Everyblock:''' | ||
Daniel, check out: http://stopfrisknyc.github.io/. | |||
* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/analysis_and_planning/stop_question_and_frisk_report.shtml NYPD Stop, Question and Frisk Report Database] | * [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/analysis_and_planning/stop_question_and_frisk_report.shtml NYPD Stop, Question and Frisk Report Database] | ||
The data is amazingly detailed ([http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/web_images/PRIMER_electronic_version.pdf here's a great primer]), and lends itself to great visualizations ([http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/11/nyregion/20100711-stop-and-frisk.html?ref=stopandfrisk here's one re: 2009 data]). The data itself is published in a highly inaccessible to regular people (notwithstanding the fact that is extremely well-structured as an SPSS portable file. Publishing this info as an easy-to-search, RSS-ready list of items would be high value. | The data is amazingly detailed ([http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/web_images/PRIMER_electronic_version.pdf here's a great primer]), and lends itself to great visualizations ([http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/11/nyregion/20100711-stop-and-frisk.html?ref=stopandfrisk here's one re: 2009 data]). The data itself is published in a highly inaccessible to regular people (notwithstanding the fact that is extremely well-structured as an SPSS portable file. Publishing this info as an easy-to-search, RSS-ready list of items would be high value. | ||