The Crime in New York 1850-1950

Project name and URL
The Crime in New York 1850-1950
http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/crimeinny/

Organization name
Lloyd Sealy Library, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/

Description of what was digitized
The project consists of two collections, the Crime in New York 1850-1950 Image Collection and the Crime in New York 1850-1950 Trial Transcripts Collection. The photographs digitized came from two papers in the Lloyd Sealy Library's special collection, including items such as crime scene photos and identification photos. The trial transcripts digitized were also part of the the special collection of Lloyd Sealy Library. The digitization of trail transcripts was done by iArchives.

Audience for the project (stated or assumed)
The project aims to provide information on the crime history in New York City. Any one interested can access it.

Type of project background information available on the site
The website provide short description on the sources of the project, funding and so forth.

Additional comments
Comparing to other web portal of digitization projects, this website is extremely uncomplicated and low-tech, but it is definitely useful. Users can search the image database or browse by title, description, source, and dates, and the available browsing options of trail transcripts are defendants, defense attorneys, judges, prosecuting attorneys, and charges. The meta data is simple, too. This a database interface cut out for criminal justice study. There is no terms of use or privacy policy on the website.