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Institute for Metropolitan Affairs

Census and Population

Working Poor Families in Chicago and the Chicago Metropolitan Area: A Statistical Profile Based on the 1990 and 2000 Censuses
Full report (PDF, 338K)
Executive summary (PDF, 83K)
Chicago Urban League
Northern Illinois University
Roosevelt University

The Evolving Region: What’s Changing and What’s Not in the Chicago Metropolitan Area (PDF, 101K)
James Lewis

Poverty and Housing in the Northwest Suburbs (PDF, 68K)
June 2003
James Lewis

Edge Cities or Edge Suburbs (PDF, 96K)
Woody Carter, Robert Frolick, and Tim Frye
James H. Lewis and Kathleen Kane-Willis

Race and Residence in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 1980 to 2000
Full report (PDF, 9,792K)
Executive summary (PDF, 29K)
James Lewis, Michael Maly, Paul Kleppner, and Ruth Anne Tobias
2002

Closing the Gap: Financing Affordable Housing in the Chicago Area
Full report (PDF, 84K)
Executive summary (PDF, 23K)
Kathleen Kane-Willis
2001

Exploring Edge Cities: Report of a National Survey of Senior Planners (PDF, 116K)
James Lewis
Kathleen Kane-Willis
2002

Chicago’s Color Gap Forty Years After Brown
Pierre deVise
1995

Project 20-20 Report
Mary Ellen Barry and Phoebe Steele Telser
1995

Population Change and Politics: What Matters, What Doesn’t (PDF, 56K)
Pierre deVise Memorial Lecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago
James Lewis, Roosevelt University

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Crime

Futures Symposium: Crime and Public Safety in Chicago Intergovernmental and Interagency Linkages
Richard M. Krieg
1994

Chicago Violent Crime Summary
Institute for Metropolitan Affairs and Chicago Bar Association
1992

Overview of Criminal Justice Spending in Illinois & Crime Control Strategies Matrix
Institute for Metropolitan Affairs and Chicago Bar Association
1992

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Drug Policy 

New Directions for Illinois Drug Policy
An Update on Incarceration for Drug Offenses In Illinois
(PDF, 332 KB)
Kathleen Kane-Willis
Gregory Greenman
Stephanie Schmitz
June 2009

Through a Different Lens: Shifting the Focus on Illinois Drug Policy
an examination of states' solutions and applicability to Illinois
(PDF, 4 MB)
Kathleen Kane-Willis
Jennifer Janichek
Tiffini Cooley
Alison Grimmer
Keara Enoch
Stephanie Schmitz
May 2007

Timeline: Historical Drug Policy Changes and Number of Illinois Individuals Incarcerated for Drug Offenses from 1984 to 2002
May 2007

Intersecting Voices: Impacts of Illinois’ Drug Policies (PDF, 536K)
Kathleen Kane-Willis
Jennifer Janichek
Daniel Clark
August 2006

A Multiple Indicator Analysis of Alcohol and Drug Use in LaPorte County, Indiana: 2000 to 2005 (PDF, 162K)
Kathleen Kane-Willis
Jennifer Janichek
August 2006

A Multiple Indicator Analysis of Heroin Use in Northwest Indiana (Word, 319K)
Stephanie Schmitz-Bechteler and Kathleen Kane-Willis
January 2005

A Multiple Indicator Analysis of Heroin Use in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: 1995 to 2002 (PDF, 144K)
March 2004
Kathleen Kane-Willis
Stephanie Schmitz-Bechteler

The Drug Use Prevention Strategy Project
Cover (PDF, 56K)
Part 2 (PDF, 386K)
Part 3 (PDF, 255K)
Part 4 (PDF, 377K)
Part 5 (PDF, 275K)
Brian K. Edwards, Lee Hamilton, Sharon Hermanns, and David Rubin
2000

Substance Abuse in Lake County: A Successful Prevention Model
Richard M. Krieg
1996

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Education

Mayor’s Education Roundtable: Executive Report
City of Chicago and the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs
1993

Mayor’s Education Roundtable: Transcript of Proceedings
City of Chicago and the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs
1993

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Government and Policy

Futures Symposium: Crime and Public Safety in Chicago Intergovernmental and Interagency Linkages
Richard M. Krieg
1994

Mayor’s Education Roundtable: Executive Report
City of Chicago and the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs
1993

Mayor’s Education Roundtable: Transcript of Proceedings
City of Chicago and the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs
1993

Cook County Organizational Reform Report
Richard M. Krieg
1992

Candidate Preferences and Prospects for Instant Runoff Voting: Results of a Pre-Election Poll  (PDF, 159K)
March 2004
James Lewis

Putting Federalism to Work for America: Tackling the Problems of Unfunded Mandates
City of Chicago and the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs
1992

Population Change and Politics: What Matters, What Doesn’t (PDF, 56K)
Pierre deVise Memorial Lecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago
James Lewis, Roosevelt University

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Health

Understanding Asian Americans in Metropolitan Chicago: Health (PDF, 175K)
James Lewis
2000

Cook County Health Care: A Strategic Review
Richard M. Krieg
1997

Metropolitan Health Policy Development: Barriers to Implementation.
R. Krieg and J. Cooksey
The Journal of Public Health Policy. Fall, 1996

Barriers to Health Policy Implementation in Metropolitan Chicago
Richard M. Krieg and Judith A. Cooksey
1995

Health Care Reform in the Emergency Room
Richard M. Krieg
1994

Emergency Department Overcrowding Project Report
Richard M. Krieg
1992

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Immigration

Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Book (PDF, 2,013K)
June 2003

A Profile of Immigrants in the Illinois Workplace (PDF, 95K)
James Lewis and Rob Paral
2001

Immigrant Employment Opportunities in Chicago (PDF, 79K)
Nik Theodore & Chirag Mehta
2001

Immigrant Neighborhoods as Centers of Commerce (PDF, 51K)
Ivan Light
2001

Policy Implications of Immigrant Workers and Entrepreneurs (PDF, 70K)

Comparative Perspectives on Ethnic and Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Chicago (PDF, 175K)

Immigrants and the Illinois Labor Force: The Potential Impact of Immigration Reform on Illinois Industries (PDF, 189K)
James Lewis, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Metropolitan Affairs
Rob Paral
Fellow, Institute for Metropolitan Affairs

Illinois Immigration Data Book

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Race and Population

Race and Residence in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 1980 to 2000
Full report (PDF, 9,792K)
Executive summary (PDF, 29K)
James Lewis, Michael Maly, Paul Kleppner, and Ruth Anne Tobias
2002

Understanding Asian Americans in Metropolitan Chicago: Civic Participation (PDF, 169K)
James Lewis
2000

Understanding Asian Americans in Metropolitan Chicago: Financial Security (PDF, 165K)
James Lewis
2000

Understanding Asian Americans in Metropolitan Chicago: Health (PDF, 175K)
James Lewis
2000

Understanding Asian Americans in Metropolitan Chicago: Neighborhood Life and Social Attitudes (PDF, 171K)
James Lewis
2000

Chicago’s Color Gap Forty Years After Brown
Pierre deVise
1995

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Regionalism

Township Government: Essential or Expendable? The Case of Illinois and Cook County (PDF, 195 KB)
David Hamilton 2008

Township Government in Cook County, Executive Summary (PDF, 27K)
David Hamilton 2005

Township Government in Cook County (Full) (PDF, 98K)
David Hamilton 2005

Social Service

Lakefront SRO Job Training and Placement Evaluation: Full Report (PDF, 274K)
2003
James Lewis
April Payton-Bernard
Kathleen Kane-Willis

Lakefront SRO Job Training and Placement Evaluation: Executive Summary (PDF, 10K)
2003
James Lewis April Payton-Bernard
Kathleen Kane-Willis

Informing Social Service Provision: Evidence from the Illinois Families Study (PDF, 210K)
Nov 2002
James Lewis

The Working Poor: Evidence from the Illinois Families Study (PDF, 113K)
James Lewis
2002

Illinois Families First: The Case for Investing in Illinois Families  (PDF, 49K)
Rob Paral
2000

Information Technology and Low-Income Inner City Communities
In the Journal of Urban Technology. Vol. 3. No. 1 Fall 1995.
Richard M. Krieg

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Urban Planning

The Chicago Trade Show and Convention Plan: A Blueprint for the Future
Richard M. Krieg
1996

Warding Off the Convention Centers Blues
Richard M. Krieg
Planning, American Planning Association, November 1996.

Project 20-20 Report
Mary Ellen Barry and Phoebe Steele Telser
1995

Edge Cities or Edge Suburbs (PDF, 96K)
Woody Carter, Robert Frolick, and Tim Frye
James H. Lewis and Kathleen Kane-Willis

Exploring Edge Cities: Report of a National Survey of Senior Planners (PDF, 116K)
James Lewis
2002

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Urban Technology

Information Technology and Low-Income Inner City Communities
In the Journal of Urban Technology. Vol. 3. No. 1 Fall 1995.
Richard M. Krieg

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