This dataset shows the crime incidents that have occurred in Los Angeles from 2010 to now. The dataset was constructed by the Los Angeles Police Department presenting 26 columns of information on the crimes committed. A lot of the data is described in codes so it would make most sense to police and anyone that understands crimes and descriptions of the crimes such as weapons, status, MO’s, and etc. in codes. This dataset would be most useful for people trying to collect data on average outbursts of crimes or the most common misdemeanors in Los Angeles, but would mostly help police officers. I imagine it could also be pretty convenient and helpful for disciplinary groups because they could learn what areas of crime need to be focused on in order to prevent the numbers from rising. There are 1.61M rows of crimes just within the Los Angeles area presented in this dataset which goes to show you why America has the highest incarceration rate in the country, although this include 7 years of data. Two of the columns are labeled the status code and the description, although the only thing it shows is the default of IC or invest content, so I think it would be more beneficial to see how many of these criminals have been caught or how many crimes are still being investigated. It would be interesting to be able to visually see how many criminals go clean handed and how many do not. Another thing that was not presented was the criminal description if they were witnessed or caught. It could be intentionally left out though in order to avoid any racial controversy.<\/p>\n
If I started over with this collection I would make it easier for the public to understand. It would describe the crime without using code and it would be designed to bring awareness to what is going on in our area. It would need to have a clear statement of whether the criminal was caught or not, and if not it would state any descriptions of potential suspects. Having a description of not only the victim but offender could be seen as a bad thing between races but might also be a good thing. It could remove some of the stereotypes that are seen within only certain races and prove felons exist within each and every race. It would be hard to write the ontology from anyone but a police’s perspective because they are probably the best bet in a least bias opinion and they have access to each file, but if it were to be written in someone else’s perspective I would make it in the victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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