Student entries

Public Access to Data

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This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. Public Access to Data Zion Miller Two topics are in vogue now more than ever: terrorism and being data-driven. The Prosecution Project combines these two in a previously unseen way, creating a public database about illegal political violence prosecuted within the United […]

Student entries

Coding Women in Political Violence

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This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. Coding Women in Political Violence Katherine Coate This is my first semester coding for the Prosecution Project and I have learned a lot over the semester and my expectations of what the project would be like have changed a lot also. Something […]

Student entries

COVID-19 Terrorist Threats

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This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. COVID-19 Terrorist Threats Maddie Weaver “A man accused of licking deodorants in a Missouri Walmart after asking ‘Who’s afraid of the coronavirus?’ was charged with making a terrorist threat.”  — “A Man Coughed on a Wegmans Employee. Now He’s Charged with […]

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Benefits of “Face-to-face Instruction”

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This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. Benefits of “Face-to-face Instruction” Katherine Coate  On March 10th, 2020 Miami University suspended all face-to-face instruction in favor of remote instruction due to Coronavirus and three days later decided to extend this through the rest of the spring semester and send […]

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Headlines and Public Perception of Hate Crimes

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This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. Headlines and Public Perception of Hate Crimes Makenzie Mercer In a December 2019 class activity, students with the Prosecution Project were responsible for rummaging through our source files to ensure that the content was relevant, the files were accurately labeled to coincide […]

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Evolving Coders

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This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. Evolving Coders Bridget Dickens tPP is constantly evolving. Paging through the codebook and manual today, readers will see new additions that were not there two months ago. The final pages of the codebook log the various alterations made every few weeks. Given […]