A paper by Anatasia Loukaitou-Sideris , Robin Liggett , and Hiroyuki Iseki has been selected for the Chester Rapkin Award by the Journal of Planning Education and Research. The paper entitled "The Geography of Transit Crime: Documentation and Evaluation of Crime Incidence on and around the Green Line Stations in Los Angeles," appeared in Volume 22, 2002 pages 135-151. The award will be presented at the joint ACSP/AESOP conference to be held in Leuven, Belgium,in July 2003. Here is what the awards committee had to say about the article: "Professional planners, planning academicians, advisors to public agencies, and researchers have been baffled for decades on answering conclusively whether there is an association between transit and crime, whether design of transit stations make a difference, and the extent to which public perception about transit crime is founded. This article identifies the linkages between transit crime and the surrounding social and physical environment. Its literature review merges current thinking on the defensible space tradition and criminology. Its analysis combines the creative use of quantitative and qualitative techniques to tell a compelling story that planning and design can be effective in minimizing criminal activity around transit stations. Through originality of research, depth of analysis, clarity of presentation, pertinence to planning education and research, and proximity to Chester Rapkin's perspective on planning, this article is the very embodiment of the Chester Rapkin Award."