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Crime
Crime is inextricably linked to Philadelphia's shiftng economic fortunes. The history of crime reflects the Philadelphia region’s status as a port-dominated entry point for goods and immigrants, a center of American commerce and industry, a concentrator of both wealth and poverty, and as part of an imploding industrial economy. Crime as a type of economic activity has changed dramatically ...