We can try to come up with recommendations? And try to get a meeting? Do you want to start listing items?
Nisha On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India) < vaishnavi.jayaku...@inclusiveindia.info> wrote: > Hi Sachin & Nisha, > > Thanks for responding. Had tried the Crime Info programme but it seems to > be only till 2010. (It also needs a heavy duty comp to run it, my poor > desktop running on XP kept zoning out!) And with all the claims flying back > and forth regarding recent trends in juvenile crime being little more than > hearsay, I was requested to numbercrunch last 3 years. > > Even with that the data can be very misleading - anyone in conflict with > the law invariably has at least 2-3 cases filed against them, only one is > reported. So if a rape leads to murder it appears as murder in NCRB. > Similarly some of the sections are inappropriate / bizarre for people under > 18 years yet they are unfailingly reported. And the red herrings caused by > elopements being categorised by irate families as kidnapping and rape only > muddy things further. > > *Is there no way an intervention can be made by Datameet for more > meaningful data especially as NCRB is gearing up for such a change?* It's > not like any options exist to pick and choose based on quality. This is our > only source - it shouldn't be this half-baked! > > For more info : > > > http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-gaps-galore-in-crime-bureau-data-agency-wants-time-to-do-a-better-job-1999753 > http://indiatogether.org/ncrbdata-rti > > http://zeenews.india.com/exclusive/time-to-reboot-crime-profiling-in-the-country_6450.html > > > --------------------------------------- > *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* > http://about.me/vjayakumar > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:56 PM, sachin <tiwari...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Vaishnavi, >> >> Saw this post on crime data now. So replying. >> I recently used NCRB database for studying crime and incarceration across >> a few states. NCRB has published that data and it is at the moment the best >> available database. Here is how you can access it - >> a) It has been packaged as a stand alone software setup. So you have to >> download the entire software which also includes the database. >> b) Go to http://ncrb.nic.in/ . In the top bar look for "Publications". >> Its a drop down menu. In that look for "Software for Data Analysis" >> c) When you click on "Software for Data Analysis" 4 links will appear - >> Crime Info, ADSI Info, Prison Info and User Guide. These are large >> packages. Download them and you can use the query tool within the software >> for generating excel sheet with variables of your interest for the >> respective state. It is a fairly good dataset including all the states in >> India. >> d) At Azim Premji University the School of Policy and Governance has been >> using this for a couple of studies. >> >> Best >> Sachin >> >> >> On Thursday, 17 July 2014 11:08:33 UTC+5:30, Vaishnavi Jayakumar wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Would anyone be able to guide me as to where I can lay my hands on data >>> for the above? Have managed to locate Crime Review Tamil Nadu for 2013, >>> 2012, 2011 - but as pdfs which will need rotation in parts and OCR before >>> working on numbers. >>> >>> 2010 - 2008 are all in separate chapters and will need to be downloaded >>> separately and merged before really 'starting' work. >>> >>> Looking for Chapter 9 and references to juvenile delinquency in >>> particular. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Vaishnavi >>> >>> http://about.me/vjayakumar >>> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Nisha Thompson DataMeet.org ni...@datameet.org skype: nishaqt mobile: 962-061-2245 -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
