GCI Working Paper Series - 1995
Don’t Throw it Away! Documenting and Preserving Organizational
History
Sandra Florand Young
September 1995
GCP-95-1
This guide is intended to assist large and small organizations maintain
and preserve records and historically important documents. It offers
practical advice on records security and how to set up in-house archives,
as well as factors to consider should an organization want to archive
records at an outside institution.
International
Forum on Urban Insecurity
Forum Proceedings
September 1995
GCP-95-2
This forum brought together urban affairs experts from Europe, the United
Nations, and the Chicago area to discuss the common themes of public
safety. This report outlines the speakers’ presentations.
Chicagoans
Views on Expanding Legalized Gambling in Illinois
Barry Rundquist & Gerald Strom
October 1995
GCP-95-3
This report summarizes the views of Chicagoans on expanded legalized
gambling in Illinois. It is based on a survey of 640 Chicago residents.
An
Economic Analysis of Guns, Crime and Gun Control
John F. McDonald
November 1995
GCP-95-4
The purpose of this paper is to formulate an economic model of guns,
crime, and gun control measures by using recent empirical research,
on firearms, violence, and gun control. The goal of this model is to
set out a simple set of equations that capture the primary features
of the policy debate. In addition, the model can be used to examine
the effects of changes in crime and gun control policy on crime rates
and gun ownership.
An
Investigation into the Impact of Hazardous Waste Contamination Liability
on Urban Industrial Land Redevelopment in the City of Chicago
Daniel T. McGrath
December 1995
GCP-95-5
The purpose of this research is to investigate how the behavior of buyers
and developers of industrial property in Chicago might be influenced
by the perceived environmental contamination of the property. This study
takes a historical look at the problem and presents a method to measure
its impact on both industrial land value and industrial redevelopment
within the City of Chicago.
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