Final Project

Tracy Cheng

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Introduction

The objective of this project is to see if the probability of being booked for a crime is dependent on the neighborhood the crime was committed in. For example, if someone commits a crime in a high-crime area, are they as likely to be booked for the crime as if they committed the same crime in a low-crime area? Additionally, does the proportion of crime reported in the neighborhood, or the frequency of the particular crime being committed affect this likelihood of being booked - if a neighborhood has a lot of pick pockets, would a police officer be less likely to book someone for petty theft? I hope to explore this possibility with my visualizations.