Research
Morrison Institute is a leading resource for relevant research, analysis and policy choices of public value. Recent research reports are listed below.
More Morrison Institute research reports are available in the Arizona State University archives.
 Mesa Residents’ Perceptions of the Mesa Police Department and Community Safety To help the Mesa Police Department understand Mesa residents’ current perceptions of policing in the community and attitudes toward potential reforms, a live telephone interview survey was conducted of Mesa residents. |
 The Myth of Safe-Yield: Pursuing the Goal of Safe-Yield Isn't Saving Our GroundwaterForty years after the passage of the Groundwater Management Act, we are at a crossroads between success and not good enough. |
 Housing is Health Care This study examines how housing and in-home supports affect public spending on individuals with chronic mental illness in Maricopa County, Arizona. It does so through a comparative analysis of average costs per person per year across three housing settings: permanent supportive housing, housing with unknown in-home support, and chronic homelessness. |
 Building Arizona Arizonans are facing a growing problem: low- and middle-income rental housing has become increasingly unaffordable and scarce in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states. Rent increases have far outpaced inflation and wage growth. This surge in rental prices puts low- and middle-income renters at risk, and many Arizona renters have struggled to keep up. |
 Ten Tenets of Water Equity Water is the foundation of public health, economic opportunity, unique natural areas and quality of life in any community. |
 Cost of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Arizona For more than 20 years, researchers and public health officials have studied the impact of adversity on the growth and development of children. Two decades of research has shown that early childhood adversity can increase the risk of experiencing negative health outcomes later in life. |
 The Family First Prevention Services Act Policy changes rarely overhaul government systems. But recently the child welfare system experienced a policy shift that will significantly change the way child welfare operates in the United States. |
 Return to Watering the Sun Corridor A lot has flowed under the bridge since the Morrison Institute issued Watering the Sun Corridor in August of 2011. That report was an attempt to explain to a general audience how the water systems of urban Arizona work, and how those systems could support a large population. |
 A Place in the World At Morrison Institute for Public Policy, a research center within Arizona State University's Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, we combine academic rigor with the goal of informing real community change. |
 Understanding Proposition 207The Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Proposition 207) proposes to legalize and regulate the production, sale, possession, and consumption of recreational marijuana. A ballot measure first legalized medical use of marijuana in 1996, but decisions by the state legislature and the governor, in effect, maintained prohibition. Another successful ballot initiative in 2010 established the current medical marijuana program. In 2016, voters rejected a recreational marijuana initiative with 51% against. |