knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
library(tidyverse)
library(knitr)
library(lavaan)
library(psych)
library(MBESS)
library(xtable)
library(semPlot)
require(car)
library(dplyr)
library(lattice)
library(lavaanPlot)

Load the packages

library(RSocrata)
library(tidyverse)
library(dplyr)

Use the API to connect to Open Data LA

base_url = "https://data.lacity.org/resource/63jg-8b9z.json?"

my_token <- "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
fdf <- read.socrata(base_url, my_token)

glimpse(fdf)

img1

Filter only crimes with ‘child’ in the description perpetrated against children between 6 and 12

childcrimes <- fdf %>%
  mutate(vict_age = as.numeric(vict_age)) %>%
  filter(vict_age >=6 & vict_age < 13) %>%
  filter(str_detect(crm_cd_desc, 'Child|CHILD|child'))

Plot histogram of crimes by age

ggplot(childcrimes, mapping = aes(vict_age)) + geom_bar()

img2

crimebyarea <-  childcrimes  %>% 
  dplyr::group_by(crm_cd_desc, area_name) %>% 
  dplyr::summarise(count= n())

crimebyarea <- na.omit(crimebyarea)

wide_crimebyarea <- crimebyarea %>% spread(key = area_name, value = count)
wide_crimebyarea[is.na(wide_crimebyarea)] <- 0

wide_crimebyarea$total_col = apply(wide_crimebyarea[,-1], 1, sum)

wide_crimebyarea$percent_Mission <- wide_crimebyarea$Mission / wide_crimebyarea$total_col
ggplot(wide_crimebyarea, aes(x= reorder(crm_cd_desc, percent_Mission), 
  y = percent_Mission, fill = percent_Mission, group = 1)) +
  geom_bar(stat = "identity") +
  ylab("Percentage of All Crimes") +
  xlab("Crime Subtypes") + scale_x_discrete(labels = c("CHILD ABANDONMENT" = "CA", "CHILD ABUSE (PHYSICAL) - AGGRAVATED ASSAULT" = "PCA_AGG", 
                                        "CHILD ABUSE (PHYSICAL) - SIMPLE ASSAULT" = "PCA_SA", 
                                        "CHILD ANNOYING (17YRS & UNDER)" = "ANNOY", "CHILD NEGLECT (SEE 300 W.I.C.)" = "NEG",
                                        "CHILD PORNOGRAPHY" = "PORN", "CHILD STEALING" = "STEAL", 
                                        "LEWD/LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILD" = "CSA")) +
  labs(title = "Crimes Against Children Aged 6-12 in Mission Hills",
       subtitle = "2010 - 2018, City of Los Angeles")+
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(size=12))+ 
  theme(axis.text.y = element_text(size = 12))+
  theme(axis.title.x = element_text(size=12,color = "#424242"))+ 
  theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 12,color = "#424242"))+
  theme(plot.title = element_text(lineheight=3, color="black", face = "bold", size=16, hjust =0.5),
        plot.subtitle=element_text(size=14, hjust = 0.5))

img3

Avatar
Gia Elise Barboza-Salerno
Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration

My research interests include applied spatial policy and analysis, child welfare and criminal justice system reform, victimization by bullying, domestic abuse.