Overview:
Halifax County has partnered with DSPG 2020 to investigate the factors associated with its incarceration and recidivism rate in the hopes of investing in proactive services through the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. This project seeks to synthesize various public data sources that may help characterize the state of various social determinants of incarceration and recidivism in Halifax county and identify gaps in data collection that, if filled, could help provide a more comprehensive view of what is a complex and nuanced issue.
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Fellows:
Finn Roberts
University of Minnesota, MS in Biostatistics and Geographic Information Systems
Interns:
Ellen Graham
Macalester College, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Computer Science
Riya Berry
UC Berkeley, Data Science & Interdisciplinary Studies
Mychala Walker
Virginia State University, Political Science
Mentors:
Nathaniel Ratcliff
Research Assistant Professor, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
Joel Thurston
Senior Scientist, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
Alyssa Mikytuck
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
Eric Oh
Research Assistant Professor, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
Stakeholders:
Sonya Furgurson, District Director, Halifax Central
Hunter Martin