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MIT licensed R package · no paid plans listed
Read 5 Oct 2026 · danilofreire.github.io
On the record
- Authors
- The package was written by Danilo Freire and Robert Myles McDonnell.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Country list
- The wpb_list() function prints the available countries to the console.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data coverage
- The World Prison Brief data are described as covering 223 jurisdictions and coming from public sources.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data limitation
- Country-level table data may need further cleaning before quantitative analysis, while regional data are prepared for automated analysis.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data source
- The World Prison Brief is described as an online database compiled by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- desktopdanilofreire.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Install
- The stable package is available on CRAN via install.packages("prisonbrief"), with development installation documented through GitHub.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The software is distributed under the MIT License, which grants permission to use, copy, modify, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies subject to its conditions.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Mapping
- wpb_table() provides geometric shapes for maps.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Prison tables
- wpb_table() returns prison system variables for the world, a region, or a country.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- prisonbrief downloads, cleans, and returns data from the World Prison Brief for statistical analysis.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Regions
- Documented region choices include Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America, and All.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The package depends on R and uses spatial-data packages to return simple features dataframes; Linux installation may require libudunits2-dev.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Scripting support
- Yesdanilofreire.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Support
- The project welcomes feedback and suggestions through GitHub issues.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Time series
- wpb_series() downloads and tidies prison population total and rate trends for jurisdictions in the project.danilofreire.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
