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Issue 16: Crime
Fall 2007
Issue 16 is on newsstands and we’ve got crime on our minds. Take a deeper look into how the war on terror abroad is impacting the war on crime at home; why gated communities are the fastest-growing housing type in America; the private prison industry; and restorative justice. Cities in this issue include: Phoenix, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore. Topics included in this issue: domestic violent crime, gated communities, eminent domain, mass evacuations.
Features
- The Ripple Effect of War
Since September 11, there have been zero deaths on U.S. soil as a result of terrorism, but over 100,000 deaths have been attributed to domestic violent crime. With national funding increasingly diverted to combating international terrorism, some cities struggle to manage the day-to-day combat at home.
- Prison Payola
Crime really does pay for the booming private prison industry. But what is the cost to society?
- The Prison Alternative
- Behind Bars
Gated communities re the fastest-growing housing type in America. Setha M. Low examines why.
- The Paducah Effect
In just seven years, a small town in Kentucky transformed its historic core from a dilapidated ghost ton into a flourishing center for the arts. Now other cities want to mimic its success.
- A Skybridge Over Salt Lake
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints hopes its $1.5 billion development will be the savior of downtown. The mayor, for one, says its a sin against authentic urban planning.
Departments
- DispatchesA River Runs Through It
A new documentary film analyzes the plans for the Los Angeles river
- DispatchesLand Grab
A new report explores an alternative to eminent domain
- DispatchesIt Takes a (Solar) Village
Armed with an innovative idea and a truck full of solar panels, Texas A&M hopes to take top honors at the 2007 Solar Decathalon.
- DispatchesChallenging the Commons
A yearlong experiment tests a new breed of urban public space in San Francisco
- DispatchesFostering A Wiser Earth
A new website connects the international social justice movement
Etcetera
- Urban HistorianAsk an Urban Historian: Midwest
- City HallAloha Spirit, Samoan Man
- Fifteen Minutes withCharles Jordan, Chairman of the Conservation Fund
- ReviewsAn Armchair Tour of Utopia
Inside America's Fast-growing Fantasyland
- ReviewsDeveloped Nation
How Real Estate Shapes the American Landscape
- ReviewsModernism in the City
Grappling with a heavy burden
- ReviewsSustainable Homes: A User’s Guide
- SubplotsEmergency Exit
Are U.S. cities prepared for mass evacuations?
- Last ExitThe Invention of Fauxhemia
What happens when cultural production is replaced by cultural consumption?
