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'''Grafitti''' is the defacement of property by means of writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a surface in a public place without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control.
'''Grafitti''' is the defacement of property by means of writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a surface in a public place without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control.


== Description ==
== Description ==



== Attributing circumstances ==
== Attributing circumstances ==
* other grafitti or deterioration
* Vulnerable objects
** transportation systems
** highly visible surfaces (also mobile targets, such as buses or trains!)
** blank surfaces
** light coloured surface
** large and plain surfaces
** reachable surfaces<ref>although hard-to-reach surfaces, such as motorway cross-over might be regarded as attractive challenges</ref>
* absence of apparent ownership
* Poor lighting
* Little surveillance/oversight
* Close to gang activity


== Impacts ==
== Impacts ==

Revision as of 08:20, 17 August 2012


Security issue: Graffiti

Grafitti is the defacement of property by means of writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a surface in a public place without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control.

Description

Attributing circumstances

  • other grafitti or deterioration
  • Vulnerable objects
    • transportation systems
    • highly visible surfaces (also mobile targets, such as buses or trains!)
    • blank surfaces
    • light coloured surface
    • large and plain surfaces
    • reachable surfaces[1]
  • absence of apparent ownership
  • Poor lighting
  • Little surveillance/oversight
  • Close to gang activity

Impacts

Measures

Footnotes and references

  1. although hard-to-reach surfaces, such as motorway cross-over might be regarded as attractive challenges

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