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It would be interesting to find out which race/ethnicity was incarcerated the most in 2014 and compare that data to the most recent year of data available. For instance, of all the males and females ages 12-17, what percentage of them were visible minorities in the 2014 data versus the 2020 or 2021 data. Considering Canada's attempts to reconcile with its Indigenous peoples, for example, it would be interesting to see whether part of this reconciliation is finding alternate reprimands for Indigenous youth.
How would you get the data?
Under the Access to Information Act, I would file an AOI request since the data I would need is on the national level. The kind of information I would hope to find within this dataset includes similar data to what I already have (region, age, sex, offence type, sentence type, and guilty finding), with the addition of a column for the youth's ethnic background. I wasn't sure if a youth's ethnicity is public information or not given the sensitivity of their age, so I read a bit of the Young Offender's Act, which contains information about youth rights. Nowhere in the Act did I read that the ethnicity of a charged youth is private information, so I think requesting this information would be okay. Alternatively, I could call the Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator for the Correctional Services to find out whether the information I seek is open to the public.
Hi Lakeisha
ReplyDeleteI like your chart: it's simple, easy to read, and gets across the data we need to know effectively. I think it would be interesting to see if Indigenous youth incarceration is dropping at a similar rate. The only thing I would suggest is to make the title of your chart more attention grabbing. Something along the lines of "Youth incarceration sees a staggering drop over the past 5 years," and then move the specific percentages down a line in smaller text. Regardless, the chart looks great!
Hi David! Thanks for your comment, but my update is actually not finished. I published it by accident but thanks for the feedback nonetheless!
DeleteThe graph looks great! The questions are well answered and all the headings are correct. The only recommendation I would have is making the chart title a bit more exaggerated: not to tell a lie but to focus on a part of the graph that would grab peoples' attention. Other than that, I think this assignment is really great!
ReplyDeleteHi Lakeisha,
ReplyDeleteThis is great work! I really like your idea of adding data about Indigenous incarceration. I do think the title of chart could use stronger language: "rates continue to decrease" is correct, but I don't think it communicates the actual scale of that decrease.
Hi Lakeisha,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this! You definitely did your research. If I REALLY had to nitpick, it would simply be that your question wasn't formatted as a question (Not that that really matters because I still understood just fine!). Or that your chart title wasn't as attention grabbing as it could have been (But I definitely still got the picture loud and clear).
Overall, I think this was really well done and I'm excited for your final report.