@case {1274518, title = {1193.0 Fighting Graffiti in Philadelphia (B)}, year = {2020}, abstract = {

Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network: Philadelphia, PA {\textendash} 1991 Innovations Winner

When Wilson Goode becomes the first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, he must find ways to fulfill a particularly visible campaign pledge: elimination of the graffiti which mar public buildings throughout poorer sections of the city and particularly in the North Philadelphia black wards crucial to Goode{\textquoteright}s victory. This tells the story of a series of quite different compliance strategies pursued by a new city agency specifically created to curtail graffiti and housed within the mayor{\textquoteright}s office. The anti-graffiti effort first conceives the problem in social terms and initiates a series of efforts to deal with the {\textquotedblright}roots{\textquotedblright} of the graffiti problem, specifically the alienation and joblessness which may affect graffiti writers. Public pressure builds, however, for the city to adopt a more aggressive enforcement posture, viewing graffiti as a criminal act which must be swiftly punished. The case allows for discussion of the nature of public compliance and how it is achieved.

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