Study the relationship between alcohol and violent crime

Studies have demonstrated a link between alcohol and violent crime. More specifically, neighborhoods with more alcohol sales such as having more liquor stores or restaurants that sale alcohol may experience more frequent incidences of violent crimes. As a result, government agencies are considering limiting access to alcohol in neighborhoods with high crime density by reducing the number of liquor stores and rejecting new liquor license requests.



Map of Critical Habitat for Marbled Murrelet using QGIS

QGIS is a popular open-source GIS software with advanced capabilities. The QGIS GUI is especially helpful for interactive data analysis, such as data display, digitization, or map generation. In this lab, I made a map of critical habitat for Marbled Murrelet using QGIS.