We coded the race and gender of criminals and victims in shows from three popular Law & Order series---Original Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
To contextualize the race and gender distribution in the shows, we assembled relevant data for the years the shows were on air from the census, FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, and the National Crime Victimization Survey:
If you see an inconsistency in the data, or have a suggestion, or some data that you would like to contribute to the project, please create a pull request.
Gaurav Sood and Dan Trielli
Scripts, figures, and writing are released under CC BY 2.0.