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Firstly, I wish to thank Henry Cisneros, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, for his personal support and encouragement in having me prepare these case studies. Early in his administration, he recognized the importance of our work to housing authorities and cities across the country and prepared his own essay entitled: Defensible Space, Reducing Crime and Creating Community. The publication has received wide acclaim and distribution. He followed this by having me conduct a series of seminars for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) personnel and his key staff and Assistant Secretaries to explore how Defensible Space technology could be utilized in various HUD programs.
Michael Stegman, HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, initially suggested the idea for the three case studies. He then had me meet with Margery Turner, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring and with Dr. Hal Holzman to define the scope of the work.
Hal Holzman served as HUD’s Project Officer, but more importantly, as my mentor and muse during the entire writing effort, he encouraged me to record experiences and speak to issues I would have otherwise hesi­ tated addressing.
In Dayton, Ray Reynolds, the city’s former director of urban develop­ ment (now planning director for the city of Hollywood, California) bore the full responsibility of seeing the Dayton project through from start to finish. I describe his role in my discussion of Five Oaks. Suffice it to say, the project would not have been realized without his efforts. Others who were germane to the success of the Five Oaks project were: Jaruth Durham-Jefferson, superintendent of police, who brought me to Dayton and helped me at every stage; and Patrick Donnelly, Karen DeMasi, and Bernice Ganble, all residents of the community and professionals in their own right, who served to coordinate community participation during