The authors thank

• the government of the Netherlands for its support to crime prevention in African cities;
  
  
• the Safer Cities Programme team in Nairobi for its contribution to the development of the study and the production of the book;
  
  
• the Safer Cities Dar es Salaam Project team for its direct involvement in all phases of the surveys;
  
  
• Lizette Meyer of DRA Development for writing the full report on the violence against women study;
  
  
• Aki Stavrou of DRA Development for guiding the administration of the crime survey and writing the methodology section of the final report; and
  
  
• Euníce Reyneke of eR Communication & Consulting for the editing, design and layout of the book.