Real-time crime index, USA
An initiative to provide real-time updated data and mappings of crime in the USA. It has been built by AH Datalytics and supported by Arnold Ventures. It includes data by state with national comparison and data on trends of types of crime over several years. The latter include murders and rapes. Data can be downloaded […]
Picturing Lincoln
The Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has digitised more than 1,000 images of the American president. They cover his home life, his time in office and his assassination.
Live crime tracker, USA
From the University of Chicago’s Center on Public Safety and Justice the Live Crime Tracker offers in-depth information on crime, violence and victimization in cities across the United States. It includes data from 50 large cities and covers daily crime updates and crime maps plus yearly statistics and crime profiles for each of the cities. Methods […]
Online US government information and news disappearing: Pew Internet Project
Disappearing content from online websites The latest report from the Pew internet project focuses on broken links from US government and news agencies. It found a quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 were no longer accessible (October 2023). Large percentages of tweets had also been removed from live […]
United States Statutes at Large 1789-1950
The USGPO website now contains the full text of significant US legislation including the constitution, treaties and the Declaration of Independence. Statutes at Large from 1789-1950 : https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/STATUTE
US caselaw
Caselaw Access Project The Caselaw Access Project is based on the holdings of Harvard Law School. Its aim is to provide free public access all published U.S. court decisions. The earliest dates from 1658. Details of coverage is on the website. This also offers data download options.
Left Behind
From the USA’s National Deaf Life Museum this website explores the often-forgotten Deaf experience during the AIDS crisis. Includes images, oral histories and accounts.
Leigh Buchanan Bienen: Works
Academic website from Leigh Buchanan Bienen who has been based at Northwestern University School of Law and specialises in legal history. Provides information on her academic websites as well as books. Strong resources for US legal history and criminology.Resources are grouped together here and also available separately on other university websites.They include: The database also […]
Indigenous Studies Portal
The I-Portal: Indigenous Studies Portal was launched in 2006 at the University of Saskatchewan. Its primary focus is on indigenous peoples of Canada with a secondary focus on indigenous peoples of the United States, Australia, Aotearoa – New Zealand, and other areas of the world. There are now over 71,000 records many with free full […]
What do the public know and care about data privacy?
A survey of the American public from the Pew Internet projectIt includes breakdown by political affiliation, age and agenda. Chapters cover perceptions of the impact of artificial intelligence, levels of trust in large social media companies and willingness to accept terms and conditions online.
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