The Akron Beacon Journal recently wound up its year-long analysis of blacks and whites in the 90s with a four-part series about crime and punishment.
Other series during the course of the investigation dealt with race relations, living conditions, health and education, and economic progress.
Bob Paynter, assistant metro editor-projects, indicated that the staff used computers to examine census data, efficiency test scores, police reports, and a variety of county and school district databases.
Reprints of the story are available from the Beacon Journal