CHAPTER I SUMMARIZES IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS WORKING COMPONENTS OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE: TERRITORIALITY, SURVEILLANCE, IMAGE, AND URBAN LOCALE. CHAPTERS II AND III ARE EACH A COMPLETION OF SPECIFIC DESIGN DIRECTIVES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE. THEY INTENTIONALLY ADDRESS SPECIFIC COMPONENT AREAS OF HOUSING DESIGN AND AVOID CONCERN WITH TOTAL SOLUTIONS. CHAPTER II IS DEVOTED TO SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND CHAPTER III TO BUILDING DESIGN PRINCIPLES. THE DIRECTIVES FORMULATED IN BOTH CHAPTERS CAN BE USED BY ARCHITECTS TO PRODUCE DESIGNS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF VARIOUS SIZE AND DENSITY, AND IN VARIOUS URBAN LOCATIONS. THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE BOOK IS DEVOTED TO A DISCUSSION OF BUILDING CODES AND TO PROBLEMS THE PRESENT CODE STRUCTURE CREATES IN PROVIDING SECURITY IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THE LACK OF SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS IN MOST BUILDING CODES IS DISCUSSED PRIOR TO AN ARTICULATION OF VARIOUS AREAS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN FRAMING A HOUSING SECURITY CODE: THESE RANGE FROM SPECIFICATIONS FOR HARDWARE AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO THE DESIGN OF CIRCULATION, ACCESS AND EGRESS SYSTEMS IN MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS. THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN FRAMING AND IMPLEMENTING CODES FORM THE CONCLUDING PORTION OF THIS CHAPTER. SEE ALSO NCJ-32857 AND 32858. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)