OpenJustice puts California criminal justice data on display -- GCN

"California Attorney General Kamala Harris last week announced the launch of OpenJustice, a criminal justice open data site that the state described as a 'first-of-its-kind' initiative. According to the California Department of Justice and the Office of the Attorney General, OpenJustice consists of two key elements:  A dashboard of criminal justice indicators and an open data portal that encourages download and re-use of CDOJ data. The dashboard uses three datasets: law enforcement officers killed or assaulted in the line of duty; deaths in custody, including arrest-related deaths; and arrests and bookings. Each set has interactive web tools to allow the public to visualize and explore different indicators over specific timelines and across jurisdictions. The data portal publishes raw data from criminal justice datasets used by the CDOJ. That data can be downloaded by software developers, researchers and journalists to identify trends and problems in the criminal justice system ..."