jenwhitson/sentencing_project
Capstone for Nashville Software School Data Analytics Bootcamp. Examines racial disparities in sentencing from 2015 to 2019 in Tennessee. Technologies used: Python, SAS, Excel, PowerPoint
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Add new dimensions to opafy dimension table.
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Review sentencing guidelines on USSC.gov
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Look at sentencing enhancement categories and calculation categories, then make plan for how to analyze sentencing length using this data.
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Determine which districts are in TN and subset opafy tables for districts located in TN
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Determine which columns need to be captured and query opafy files in SAS with just these columns. Save as csv's.
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Add additional dimensions noted after review of opafy dimensions table and rerun queries in SAS to add to csv files
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Make cards for percentage more likely someone is to be sentenced than other groups.
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Add talking points to presentation
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Add immigration stats to presentation
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Explore MNTH and PCNTDEPT to see how they play together and if any info can be gleaned from them. And how they play with RANGEPT.
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Create categories for sentence lengths (maybe <1 year, 1-3 years, 3-5 years, 5-10 years, 10-20 years, 20+ years) and then create grouped bar chart by race.
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Plot census demos v. prison demos
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subset totprisn for pleas v. non-pleas
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Find out if we can figure out how many people were arrested and never sentenced.
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Make histo of age at sentencing
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Merge 2015-2019 TN tables if possible
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Brainstorm ways to sanity check existing tables and set tasks for any ways identified.
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Look at breakdown of DISPOSIT column grouped by MONRACE, MONSEX, and HISPORIG. This will tell us what percentage of each ethnicity and gender plead vs what percentage go to trial.
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Subset longest sentences and explore.
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Look at average sentences by crime types
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