Replication data and code for the study "Racial Bias in Criminal Sentencing: Historical Evidence from Chinese Railway Workers in British Columbia". The dataset was created by authors Kris Inwood, Ian Keay, and Blair Long and was last updated on October 13, 2025. It is hosted on the Borealis Harvested Dataverse platform.
Use Cases
- Replicate statistical analyses of sentencing outcomes based on race as described in the original study.
- Conduct historical research on the Chinese labor force in British Columbia's railway industry.
- Analyze patterns of judicial bias in late 19th or early 20th century Canada using the provided court records.
- Benchmark new econometric models for historical data against the study's published tables and figures.
Strengths
- Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed academic publication, providing a clear research context.
- Includes replication code, which facilitates verification and extension of the original analysis.
- Last updated on 2025-10-13, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection.
Provenance
- Source
- Borealis Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from historical court and employment records for replication purposes.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-13 05:39:38
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada