Lead:
The percentage of reported hate crimes against women and transgender/gender non-conforming peoples has seen a dramatic increase since 2014.
Excel Workbook Link & Explanation:
The above Excel workbook contains two data sheets: one with the raw data, as downloaded from Statistics Canada, and the other containing a slice of that data that does away with the listing of overarching groups and includes the specific groups that have been the target of reported hate crimes from 2014 to 2019. The slice includes the calculated percentage increase in hate crimes during that time period. It is sorted from largest to smallest, with women and transgender/gender non-conforming peoples (categorized as "other sex" according to the official Statistics Canada website) having seen the biggest increases in reported hate crimes during that time.
Original dataset:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3510006601
News Story Link & Brief Summary:
https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/transgender-hate-crimes/
The link above is to a story written for Carleton University about the specific rise in hate crime against transgender people in Canada and its factors. Factors discussed include the debate surrounding Bill C-16 (which proposed the inclusion of transgender and non-binary peoples in the Canadian Human Rights Act), prevailing cultural attitudes surrounding the trans community, and the previous lack of data on transgender people in public institutions both within and without Canada.
Hey Breanna,
ReplyDeleteI think you made your dataset’s slice and its explanation easy to understand and concise. My critique for your post would be to use more numbers in your lead to better attract the reader’s attention as simply stating a “dramatic increase” without numbers is vague and hard to grasp.
Hi Breanna! I'm so happy you picked this topic, you really know where to look in this data for the most interesting information. I think you picked a great news story that gives some of the "why" to the horrible fact that the hate crime rates are rising! I agree with Jun that you could include some numbers in your lead because they are really shocking on their own, in a time period of only five years. It's pretty heartbreaking to see that the numbers have increased almost all across the board too; I think you picked a great dataset.
ReplyDeleteHi Breanna,
ReplyDeleteThis is a really strong dataset. Your slice is clear and easy to understand.
To echo the other commenters, I think you need some more specificity in your lead to give some sense of scale to your readers of how dramatic the increase is.