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SCOPE, NATURE, AND PREVENTION OF VANDALISM

NCJ Number
32818
Author(s)
Q Y KWAN
Date Published
1972
Length
30 pages
Annotation
SHORT AND LONG RANGE APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM OF VANDALISM ARE PROPOSED.
Abstract
ARCHITECTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE SHORT-RANGE PROPOSALS. SUGGESTIONS SUCH AS UNBREAKABLE GLASS, FENCELESS PARKS, WELL-LIGHTED PUBLIC AREAS, AND CONCRETE-ENCASED PLUMBING FIXTURES ARE PRESENTED. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, BOTH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE, IS RECOMMENDED. PASSIVE PARTICIPATION WOULD RESULT FROM THE INCREASED USE OF PUBLIC AREAS. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION INVOLVES THE REPORTING OF VANDALISM INCIDENTS. LONG RANGE SOLUTIONS INCLUDE MASSIVE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION SCHEMES THAT OPERATE BY PRE-OCCUPYING THE JUVENILES WITH CONSTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND PARENTAL LIABILITY AND RESTITUTION SCHEMES.