A new tool for collecting and analyzing homicide data: Homicide Media Tracker Part 2
SAGE Concept Grant winner Dr Nechama Brodie introduces the Homicide Media Tracker, a tool currently under development that will enable the collection, curation and analysis of crime data in media. Why is it needed? What kind of data will the tool be able to collect? And what insights can this data afford researchers?
Leveraging the potential of media data for the study of violent crime: Homicide Media Tracker Part 1
Media reports are a valuable source of crime data that can be used to supplement police and judicial records. Nechama Brodie explains the challenges and opportunities of working with this type of data, and introduces a new tool concept for the collection and analysis of homicide data.
SAGE Concept Grants: Interviews with our £2,000 winners
The SAGE Concept Grants form an integral part of our mission at SAGE Ocean to support the use of computational methods and big data in social science research. Read interviews with the winners to find out how their tools will benefit social research, and how the funding from SAGE will help them.