GCI Working Paper Series - Author Last Name: "H"

Before all the Boys are Dead: Variation in Urban Violence
John Hagedorn
Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
Great Cities Faculty Fellow
October 2004
GCP-04-03
Homicide in Chicago has not dropped drastically as it has in New York City. To understand why it is necessary to look at the reasons for variations in violence globally: social exclusion, societal disruption, repression of ethno-religous groups, and the institutionalization of groups of armed young men.

Hauser, Elizabeth

Improving Health Care Efficiency: Strategic Approaches to Managing Care for Asthma, Sickle Cell Disease and Tuberculosis; Conference Proceedings
Elizabeth S. Hauser, Richard B. Warnecke, Susan Kerby, and Charles Bright
April 1996
GCP-96-5
This report details the proceedings of a conference of local policy makers, researchers, health care providers, and others to discuss the effective and efficient health care management of sickle cell disease (SCD), asthma and tuberculosis. The report is a summary of the panel presentations, and the recommendations for policy development.

Hellwig, Maureen

The Chicago Response to Urban Problems: Building University/Community Collaborations
Loomis Mayfield, Maureen Hellwig, and Brian Banks
April 1998
GCP-98-5
Modern university/community relationships are sometimes marked by division and hostility. Key problems in the relationship include the assumed objectivity of the academy; the real estate interests of universities; and the alliance of real estate interests and political figures in opposition to community concerns. The history and description of these relationships in Chicago indicates there are other historical trends which have led to fruitful partnerships, including: the influence of the settlement house movement; the strength and diversity of community groups; change and diversity in the university; and the influence of the civil rights movement. This article uses the examples of the Neighborhoods Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Policy Research Action Group, a consortium of four universities Loyola, DePaul, Chicago State University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago and community partners, to show how strong, viable collaborations can occur.

Hendrick, Rebecca

Does Form of Fiscal Governance Matter: Fiscal Practices and Outcomes
in Chicago Suburbs
Rebecca Hendrick
Associate Professor of Public Administration
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago
January 2007
GCP-07-01
This paper explores the extent to which government performance varies between traditional council-mayor structures and reformed council-manager structures. Little research exists on the linkage between type of government and financial management practices outside of budgeting or performance measurement. The research presented here uses both qualitative and quantitative data on suburbs in the Chicago metropolitan region and a relatively unique, three-stage research design to address these analytical problems and provide more detailed inferences about the linkages between fiscal governance, financial management practices, and financial conditions in these local governments. The findings demonstrate interesting and complex relationships between fiscal governance (and form of government), financial management practices, financial conditions, and other factors important to these conditions.

Hoch, Charles

Sheltering the Homeless: Social Mobility Along the Continuum of Care
Charles Hoch and Lynette Bowden
November 1998
GCP-98-3
The homeless problem now enjoys a settled if marginal place in U.S. domestic policy. Programs to treat and remedy the homeless problem have also found acceptance integrated within a "continuum of care". In this essay we argue that current ideas about the problem and its solution emphasize social mobility for the poor - a mobility that existing empirical research does not support. The overemphasis on versions of social dependence as the problem has encouraged the use of shelters and social programs to change individual households rather than the kind and amounts of low rent housing. We review current evidence on shelter use to illustrate the limits on mobility. Providing supportive housing to remedy the privations of the poor does make good sense, but mainly if organized to strengthen social reciprocity among households in affordable residential communities. This not only requires social investment, but innovative design and use of affordable housing alternatives. A brief case study provides an example.