Graffiti, Crime Prevention &amp; Cultural Space

White, Rob

doi:10.1080/10345329.2001.12036199

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“…This perception underpins the public's expectation that their police and community leaders will place a high priority on implementing graffitireduction initiatives (La Grange et al, 1992). However, although aware of the public's demand for action, it has been found that individuals in positions of influence, power and authority are often more motivated to address the graffiti issue by the affront that graffiti represents to their control over their community's established social order and mores of behaviour than they are by public perceptions of the rebellious nature of graffiti (White, 2001).…”

Section: Graffiti As a Youth Crimementioning

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What works and what does not work in reducing juvenile graffiti offending? A comparison of changes that occurred in the frequency of persistent graffitists’ patterns of offending following the announcement of two successive initiatives aimed at reducing graffiti proliferation

Taylor

Khan

2014

Crime Prev Community Saf

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Section: Graffiti As a Youth Crimementioning

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What works and what does not work in reducing juvenile graffiti offending? A comparison of changes that occurred in the frequency of persistent graffitists’ patterns of offending following the announcement of two successive initiatives aimed at reducing graffiti proliferation

Taylor

Khan

2014

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“…Political graffiti is vandalism that invokes or protests public policy, law, power structures, and social norms. I observed only Gossip, jokes, anat omical comments called "Toilet and Other Public" in White [37] Figure 3: This screenshot is taken from Wikipedia's "diff" view. It highlights the differences between two versions of the article on Social Media.…”

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Characterizing Online Vandalism: A Rational Choice Perspective

Champion

2020

International Conference on Social Media and Society

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What factors influence the decision to vandalize? Although the harm is clear, the benefit to the vandal is less clear. In many cases, the thing being damaged may itself be something the vandal uses or enjoys. Vandalism holds communicative value: perhaps to the vandal themselves, to some audience at whom the vandalism is aimed, and to the general public. Viewing vandals as rational community participants despite their antinormative behavior offers the possibility of engaging with or countering their choices in novel ways. Rational choice theory (RCT) as applied in value expectancy theory (VET) offers a strategy for characterizing behaviors in a framework of rational choices, and begins with the supposition that subject to some weighting of personal preferences and constraints, individuals maximize their own utility by committing acts of vandalism. This study applies the framework of RCT and VET to gain insight into vandals' preferences and constraints. Using a mixed-methods analysis of Wikipedia, I combine social computing and criminological perspectives on vandalism to propose an ontology of vandalism for online content communities. I use this ontology to categorize 141 instances of vandalism and find that the character of vandalistic acts varies by vandals' relative identifiability, policy history with Wikipedia, and the effort required to vandalize. CCS CONCEPTS • Security and privacy → Social aspects of security and privacy; • Human-centered computing → Wikis; Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing; Computer supported cooperative work; Collaborative content creation; Social media.

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“…There exists a tension between the literature that approaches street art from a ‗crime prevention' perspective (and thus views it as socially threatening), and the literature that approaches street art from a ‗cultural' perspective (and thus views it as a phenomenon reflecting wider issues of power subversion and containment) (White, 2000). This thesis will approach the topic of street art from a cultural perspective because it is believed that 10 this literature, in general, provides more compelling and well-supported arguments.…”

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“…Although graffiti and street art both introduce illicit pieces into urban public spaces, there are some notable differences. Graffiti is a -culture of words.‖ The general motivations behind graffiti are to establish individual and/or group identities (White, 2000). Thus, most people outside of the group cannot decipher or understand the letters/symbols and consequently often see graffiti as a threatening unknown.…”

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Street Art, Ideology, and Public Space

Conklin¹

2000

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The concept of the city has come to play a central role in the practices of a new generation of artists for whom the city is their canvas. Street art is a complex social issue. For decades, its presence has fueled intense debate among residents of modern cities. Street art is considered by some to be a natural expression that exercises a collective right to the city, and by others, it is seen as a destructive attack upon an otherwise clean and orderly society. This research focuses on various forms of street art from the perspective of the urban audience. The general aim is to further an understanding of how people interact with and respond to street art. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered via direct participant observations of street art installations and 139 surveys conducted with residents in Portland, Oregon. Survey respondents distinguished between street art forms; generally preferring installations and masterpieces over tagging and stickers. More respondents considered graffiti to be a form of artistic expression, rather than an act of vandalism. Participant observations indicated that purposefully-designed street art can promote interaction between people, art, and public space. Random urban spectators became active collaborators; using art and performance to express themselves in public. These findings indicate there is a need to reconsider zero tolerance graffiti policies. Overall, these findings also contribute to a more informed discussion regarding the regulation, acceptability, and possibilities of unauthorized artistic expression in cities. ii Acknowledgements The pages of this thesis hold far more than the culmination of years of study. They also reflect the relationships with many generous and inspiring people in my life that have helped me reach this goal. I want to first thank my committee chair, Sy Adler, for his advice, supervision, patience, and crucial contributions. No matter how many times I changed directions over the years, he read my papers, provided me thoughtful feedback, and kept me on-track. I am grateful for the friendly advice and support of my second adviser, Carl Abbott. Last but not least, I thank Hunter Shobe for his guidance and friendship. His insights inspired me to follow my heart and pursue the topic of street art. I am indebted to him more than he knows. To my colleagues at the PSU Survey Research Lab, especially Debi Elliott and Amber Johnson, thank you for your encouragement and support. Working at the lab provided me knowledge and experience that I was able to apply directly to my studies. I thank my fellow urban studies students, especially Katrina, Molly, Casey, Jen, Melissa, and Chris who have been a source of friendship, good advice, and collaboration. For my lifelong friends, Danielle, Oliver, Anton, Kyle, Jake, Adam, Christina, and Jim, thank you for your friendship and providing me much needed distractions over the years. To the street artists whose work inspires me beyond words; especially Paul, Kanye, Dr. Rasterbator, and Skam, thank you for sha...

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Graffiti, Crime Prevention & Cultural Space

Cited by 23 publications

References 4 publications

What works and what does not work in reducing juvenile graffiti offending? A comparison of changes that occurred in the frequency of persistent graffitists’ patterns of offending following the announcement of two successive initiatives aimed at reducing graffiti proliferation

What works and what does not work in reducing juvenile graffiti offending? A comparison of changes that occurred in the frequency of persistent graffitists’ patterns of offending following the announcement of two successive initiatives aimed at reducing graffiti proliferation

Characterizing Online Vandalism: A Rational Choice Perspective

Street Art, Ideology, and Public Space

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