Research Guides: CITY 360: Carceral Geographies (BMC): Data, Mapping and Websites

Census Data and Data Visualization Tools

Census Data From Census Bureau
Provides population, housing, economic and geographic data from the latest Decennial Census, the Economic Censuses and Surveys, and the American Community Survey.

Social Explorer
Offers access to reports and interactive maps for the U.S. Census (1790-present), World Development Indicators (1960-2013), and Eurostat (European Union data), among others. A project of Queens College, sponsored by the New York Times and the National Science Foundation.
PolicyMap
PolicyMap is an online data and mapping application that gives access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries.

Mapping Data, Websites, and Reading Lists

Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America
Mapping tool showing the history of "redlining" practices begun in the 1930s, which denied access to mortgages to Black Americans and other communities of color in the United States.
Lynching in America
Documents more than 4400 racial terror lynchings in the United States during the period between Reconstruction and World War II.
Database for Police Abolition (D4PA)
The Database for Police Abolition (D4PA) is a database-in-progress aiming to track nationwide proposals to defund, disarm, and disempower police departments, and to empower alternatives to policing.
Click around the dashboard to understand which plans are being proposed in your area, and to find examples of proposals from around the country.
Incarceration Trends by Vera
Vera brings researchers, organizers, and government leaders together to create evidence-based solutions that restore communities and end mass incarceration.
A Reading List on PolicingRebellion, and the Criminalization of Blackness
A Reading List on Policing, Rebellion, and the Criminalization of Blackness composed by the Abusable Past website.
Communities United for Police Reform
Communities United for Police Reform is a campaign seeking to end discriminatory policing practices in New York by uniting lawyers, activists, community members and researchers.
Communities United Against Police Brutality
Communities United Against Police Brutality is a Twin-Cities based organization that works with the day-to-day issues of police brutality. The organization provides support for the survivors of police brutality and the families of victims.
Decarcerate PA
Decarcerate PA is a grassroots campaign that seeks to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania by demanding that PA stop building new prisons, reduce the population in prison and reinvest money in PA communities.