Analysis of Crime in Pittsburgh
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Through the course of human civilization, law and order has been a constantly pressing issue, dealt by monarchs and democracies in varying ways. In this project, we look at predictability of yearly totals of crime (concentrating on burglaries) in neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, given census data detailing characteristics of ethnicity, education, employment, population, transport, environment (natural and built) for every neighborhood. One hopes that this may be of use to social scientists, criminologists, law enforcement agencies and city planners.
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