so uh...im i supposed to feel bad about this...?
learn something new everyday kids..,
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• There are four primary motivating factors for graffiti vandalism: fame, rebellion, self-expression, and power.
• Getting the media to publish photos and videotape of graffiti is often the ultimate fame for graffiti vandals.
• Most studies show the majority of taggers are males between 12 and 21 years old. Approximately 15 percent of graffiti vandals are young females.
• Arrest data from 17 major cities shows that 50 to 70 percent of all street-level graffiti is created by suburban adolescents, predominately males between the ages of 12 and 19.
• Community paint-brush murals are rarely defaced by graffiti and instill a sense of pride among those who live nearby.
• There are four types of graffiti hip-hop, gang, hate, and generic (non-threatening messages like Bobby loves Suzy or Class of 1997).
• About 80% of graffiti is hip hop or tagger graffiti. Another 5% are pieces. Nationally, gang graffiti makes up about 10% of graffiti.
• Graffiti cleanup takes a big chunk out of municipal budgets. In 2002 Los Angeles spent $55 million on graffiti removal.
• Graffiti is the most common type of property vandalism (35%) according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• Immediate removal - within 24-48 hours - is the key to successful graffiti prevention.
Clean up costs - Although the cost of graffiti vandalism in the U.S. has yet to be definitively documented, for many communities, private property owners, and public agencies the cost is rising each year.
With a population of just under one million, the City of San Jose spends $3 million per year fighting graffiti. In 1999 Sacramento County (1.2 million population) spent an estimated $500,000 on graffiti abatement. Pittsburgh, PA spent the same amount in 2001.
In Baltimore, it costs $350,000 annually; Portland, OR spends $2 million a year; Denver nearly $1 million; Albuquerque, MN has budgeted over $850,000 for 2003; and Madison, WI spends $250,000 annually.7
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http://www.graffitihurts.org/
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wom wom wooomp...
now dont you just feel terrible.........
qoute:
• There are four primary motivating factors for graffiti vandalism: fame, rebellion, self-expression, and power.
• Getting the media to publish photos and videotape of graffiti is often the ultimate fame for graffiti vandals.
• Most studies show the majority of taggers are males between 12 and 21 years old. Approximately 15 percent of graffiti vandals are young females.
• Arrest data from 17 major cities shows that 50 to 70 percent of all street-level graffiti is created by suburban adolescents, predominately males between the ages of 12 and 19.
• Community paint-brush murals are rarely defaced by graffiti and instill a sense of pride among those who live nearby.
• There are four types of graffiti hip-hop, gang, hate, and generic (non-threatening messages like Bobby loves Suzy or Class of 1997).
• About 80% of graffiti is hip hop or tagger graffiti. Another 5% are pieces. Nationally, gang graffiti makes up about 10% of graffiti.
• Graffiti cleanup takes a big chunk out of municipal budgets. In 2002 Los Angeles spent $55 million on graffiti removal.
• Graffiti is the most common type of property vandalism (35%) according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• Immediate removal - within 24-48 hours - is the key to successful graffiti prevention.
Clean up costs - Although the cost of graffiti vandalism in the U.S. has yet to be definitively documented, for many communities, private property owners, and public agencies the cost is rising each year.
With a population of just under one million, the City of San Jose spends $3 million per year fighting graffiti. In 1999 Sacramento County (1.2 million population) spent an estimated $500,000 on graffiti abatement. Pittsburgh, PA spent the same amount in 2001.
In Baltimore, it costs $350,000 annually; Portland, OR spends $2 million a year; Denver nearly $1 million; Albuquerque, MN has budgeted over $850,000 for 2003; and Madison, WI spends $250,000 annually.7
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http://www.graffitihurts.org/
___________________________________________________________________
wom wom wooomp...
now dont you just feel terrible.........