The Policymaking Process PLCY 8118

Spring 2022

Liquor Control Board

Philadelphia Inquirer (1983-present) This link opens in a new window
Full-text of the Philadelphia Inquirer via Proquest Newsstand from 1983 to present. For example, search "safe injection site" in quotation marks to search as a specific phrase. Change display to Oldest first.

Philadelphia Homicides 1960-2020
Former Mayor Michael Nutter, in contact with Philadelphia Police Department, provides a chart indicating homicides by firearms recorded only from 1984 to 2020
The enduring impact of historical and structural racism on urban violence in Philadelphia
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 199, 2018 Aim of study is to explore the association between historic place-based racial discrimination captured in the 1937 Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) map of Philadelphia and 2013-2014 violent crime and firearm injuries.

Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001) [via ProQuest Historical Newspapers] This link opens in a new window
For example: Use Advanced Search for "gun control" (in quotation marks to search as a specific phrase) ANYWHERE and (philadelphia and homicide) in Document text FT for articles prior to and after federal 1968 Gun Control Act.

Evidence-Based Policing
George Mason University Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy

Subjects: Public Policy

Tags: policymaking, public policy