Topic Modeling of Child Fatalities Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation in a Geographical Information Systems Framework

This project uses text data I scraped from the LA Times Homicide report to model the unstructured text descriptions of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of children in LA County for the purpose of classification and identification of risk factors for fatal child maltreatment and victimization.

Using Data to Inform Child Welfare Systems

This project uses text data I scraped from the LA Times Homicide report to model the unstructured text descriptions of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of children in LA County for the purpose of classification and identification of risk factors for fatal child maltreatment and victimization.