Security issue: Vandalism

Security issue: Vandalism

Vandalism is the act of willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement, or defacement of property without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control. By this definition, this category includes defacement, such as grafitti. However, in order to keep this security issue limited and surveyable, this act is defined as a seperate security issue. Also, wilful destruction performed by an organised group for a shared reason is excluded from this security issue. This is dealt with in the security issue 'destruction by riots'.In the sense we use the term here, it will therefore only include physical damages and not defacement done without rational reasons.

Description

• loners or groups
  • footbal hooligans / groups of uitgaanspubliek
  • bored individuals
• young people

Attributing circumstances

• alcohol
• exitement
• sense of 'owning'
• social circumstances
• As is true for all forms of aggression,the single best predictor of future vandalistic behavior is similar past behavior

(Tygert, 1988).

Impacts

• Social
• Perceived security
• Economic / financial

Measures

• Change views of youngsters (In their view, public property in a real sense belongs to no one.In contrast, for youngsters less prone to vandalism, such property belongs to everyone; this view reflects their greater sense of themselves as part of a larger community ("Vandals," 1978))
• characterized by better aesthetic quality and maintenanceof school property;
• located in more densely populated areas with higher activity levels;
• furnished a less obstructed view of school property to surrounding residents; and
• were located in better-illuminated neighborhood areas.

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