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• Submitted by
• Justina Palionyte
• SDbd6-01
• 2007, Vinius

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Graffiti

• Words or pictures drawn on walls in public
  places, on public transport, residences, alleys,
  etc.

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Graffiti is a crime

• The Crimes Act 1900
• Criminal Damage Act 1971
• Summary Offences Act 1988

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• For damage less than 5.000 the maximum fine is
  2.500 and/or maximum of 3 months imprisonment
• For damage of more than 5.000 there is a maximum
  fine of 5.000 and/or maximum of 6 months
  imprisonment. 

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Graffiti affects everyone

• business owners,
• residents,
• Government,
• utilities,
• public transport operators

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Graffiti Prevention

• Make Your Walls Less Attractive to Graffiti
  Vandals

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2. Make it Harder for Graffiti Vandals to Reach
Your Walls
Erect fences between your business and public
property. This helps people know where the
boundaries are, and also makes it harder for
graffiti vandals to get close enough to your
walls.
If there are payphones and benches close to your
business that encourage people to hang out, see
about getting them removed.
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3. Make Graffiti Vandals More Visible

• Use motion-detector lights
• Remove large trees or bushes that block people's
  view of vandals
• Use pebbles around the building to create noise
  when people are walking

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Graffiti should be removed swiftly
and offenders prevented from doing it again.
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How is graffiti removed?

• Previously painted surfaces will be painted with
  color matched paint
• Unpainted porous surfaces may be cleaned via
  pressure washer, steam cleaning or bicarbonate
  soda blasting
• Unpainted non-porous surfaces may be pressure
  washed with approved chemical/solvent treatments
  or cleaned via bicarbonate soda blasting

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The most common types of graffiti

• Gang
• Tagger or Hip Hop
• Hate
• Generic
• Snipe.

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Conclusions

• Today, graffiti is more evident than ever within
  our communities
• It's not just a "city" problem anymore. This
  interactive workshop will expose the cultures of
  those who are committing these property damaging
  crimes

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Literature

• www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/cpd/ll_cpd.nsf/page
  s/CPD_graffiti (2007-11-07)
• http//64.233.183.104/search?qcachetZ1J7i_VwNcJ
  www.respect.gov.uk/uploadedFiles/Members_site/Arti
  cles/Tackling_anti-social_behaviour/Fly-posting_an
  d_graffiti/SprayPaints_Guidance2520s322520Clean
  2520Neighbourhoods2520and2520Environment2520Act
  2520050624.docCriminalDamageAct1971(section
  1)graffitihlltctclnkcd1gllt(2007-11-07)
• http//64.233.183.104/search?qcache3NAu1jSABhoJ
  www.ci.covina.ca.us/police/graffiti-faq.htmltctc
  lnkcd4gllt (2007-11-07)
• http//64.233.183.104/search?qcacheE_GbFldmt3wJ
  www.norfolk.police.uk/article.cfm3FartID3D88912
  6catID3D86126bctrail3D0graffiticrimesinforma
  tionhlltctclnkcd4gllt (2007-11-07)
• http//64.233.183.104/search?qcachedSLtatYkfs4J
  www.erie.gov/depts/law/cps/courses/graffiti.aspgr
  affiticrimesdescriptionhlltctclnkcd3gllt
  (2007-11-08)

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• Thank you!