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The Face of Crime During Prime Time: Evidence from Law and Order

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We coded the race and gender of criminals and victims in shows from three popular Law & Order series---Original Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

To contextualize the race and gender distribution in the shows, we assembled relevant data for the years the shows were on air from the census, FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, the National Crime Victimization Survey, and NYC enforcement data:

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Gaurav Sood and Daniel Trielli

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Released under CC BY 2.0.

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