Visualizations : Strictness index

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Created by: crush41 Created on: Thursday April 10, 6:32 AM

Data file: Strictness index by state

Data source: FBI crime statistics, Pew report on incarceration in the US

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Martin Wattenberg says:

Note that the source for this map is based on two URLs:
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/One%20in%20100.pdf
and
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_05.html

Posted Thursday April 10, 5:06 PM
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demaws says:

This would benefit from a small multiple comparison of states voted as the safest to live in.

Posted Wednesday April 16, 1:28 AM
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Anonymous says:

This is essentially a measure of incarceration vs crimes committed, right? It would be useful to have a 3rd axis of data, which maps crimes committed per capita – this could show (keeping in mind how to lie with statistics) how EFFECTIVE incarceration is at controlling crime.

Posted Wednesday April 16, 6:01 PM
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