Center for Urban Research and Learning

Loyola University Chicago

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Defensible Space Project: Deterring Crime and Building Community in Rogers Park

(1997)

The research for this report was carried out by teams of community residents and university students to expand the residents' knowledge and awareness of defensible space strategies; to develop recommendations to improve the community; and to enable the residents to use the recommendations and develop a plan of action that increases community safety.

The report can be used as a how-to manual for future defensible space projects.

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