{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "2c3026a1-dd08-4ebe-a6f6-1f169e8fd24d", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Bars Behind Bars - Documentation\n", "Bars Behind Bars is a project developed by Tommaso Battisti, Francesca Budel and Manu Srivastava for the final exam of the course \"Open Access and Digital Ethics\" held by professor Monica Palmirani within the Digital Humanities and Digital Knowledge Master Degree (University of Bologna), during the A.Y. 2022/2023." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "1c216c88-b62d-479d-b760-ba9cc292d193", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Overview\n", "\n", "### Introduction\n", "Bars Behind Bars delves into the phenomenon of suicides in European prisons by taking into consideration judicial, social and governmental factors such as perceived national corruption, living conditions in jail and the State expenditure in public order and safety. \n", "
\n", "This project aims to highlight meaningful connections and compare similar values across 20 European countries and during the span of 5 years (2016 - 2020), in order to reflect upon the societal motivations behind deaths in prison. " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "351d43aa-2b6a-4c72-abcc-d5cdf2e5aea3", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Scenario \n", "The datasets we chose to illustrate this complex and delicate topic come from two main authorities: \n", "