Graffiti

By Weisel, Deborah Lamm

Book Id: WPLBN0000018784
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.3 MB
Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Graffiti
Author:	Weisel, Deborah Lamm
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections:	Government Library Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Weisel, D. L. (n.d.). Graffiti. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Excerpt: About the Guide Series: The Problem-Oriented Guides for Police summarize knowledge about how police can reduce the harm caused by specific crime and disorder problems. They are guides to prevention and to improving the overall response to incidents, not to investigating offenses or handling specific incidents. The guides are written for police–of whatever rank or assignment–who must address the specific problem the guides cover. The guides will be most useful to officers who...

Table of Contents
Contents About the Guide Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v The Problem of Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Factors Contributing to Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Types of Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Common Targets and Locations of Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Motives of Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Characteristics and Patterns of Graffiti Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Understanding Your Local Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Asking Key Questions About Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Amount of Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Types of Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Locations/Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Measuring Your Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Responses to the Problem of Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Reducing Rewards to Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Increasing the Risk of Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Increasing the Difficulty of Offending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Responses With Limited Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Appendix: Summary of Responses to Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37