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Graffiti Prevention Education Program Upper Primary
9 April 2014
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What is graffiti?
Graffiti is when someone
marks someone else's property
without their permission.
For example, someone spray paints their name, tag or a picture on something that is not their property. The owner of the property has not said it is OK to do so. cityofgoldcoast.com.au/graffiti
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It is illegal, ugly and expensive to remove.
What is graffiti?
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Who does it?
It can be anyone… women
men girls boys
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Where does it happen? • Walls and fences
• Shopfronts
• Bus shelters/road signs
• Public toilets
• Parks
• Buses and trains
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What do they use? • Spray paint
• Permanent markers
• Sharp instruments
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Why do they do it?
They think it is fun.
Peer pressure
To show off
Because they are bored.
They think it is art.
WHY?
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Why we don’t want it…
Graffiti costs
money. $$$
Graffiti damages
communities.
Graffiti is a crime.
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The consequences…
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Graffiti is a crime Graffiti is illegal in Australia.
» Any person who wilfully and unlawfully destroys or damages any property is guilty of an offence. (1) If the property in question is in a public place, or is visible from a public place, and the destruction or damage is caused by (a) spraying, writing, drawing, marking or otherwise applying paint or another marking substance; or (b) scratching or etching; the offender commits a crime and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3) The court may order the offender to perform community service, including for example, removing graffiti from property; and/or may order the offender to pay compensation to any person
Consequences for graffiti offenders
• Offenders may be sentenced to a Graffiti Removal Order, a period of probation or a term in a detention centre/jail (note: a person aged 17 or over is tried as an adult).
• Offenders may gain a criminal record which means they may not be able to travel or get employment in some fields.
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Graffiti costs money $$$
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• Removing graffiti costs millions of dollars every year.
• To prevent graffiti, governments, businesses and communities spend money to change environments, run programs and educate the community. These strategies aim to reduce the likelihood of graffiti occurring.
• Graffiti offenders, cost money. They take up police time, as well as court and jail costs.
Consequences for graffiti offenders
• A graffiti offender may be ordered to pay a fine and compensation to the owner of the property that was vandalised.
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Graffiti damages communities • People feel unsafe when their area has graffiti. • Graffiti damages public spaces and community facilities. • Graffiti can flow on to other types of crime. • When graffiti is not removed, it can imply that community, business or the local City does
not care about or respect a space.
Consequences for graffiti offenders
• Graffiti offenders may be ordered to perform community service to clean up graffiti.
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How can we get rid of it?
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Report it to the Graffiti Hotline P: 07 5581 7998 E: [email protected] A: City of Gold Coast App
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to Crime Stoppers
1800 333 000
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Remove it The City of Gold Coast:
• spends over $1 million every year removing graffiti
• responds to 10,000 graffiti reports each year
• has full-time painters removing graffiti
• uses paint, water and chemicals to remove graffiti.
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Graffiti prevention
Rapid graffiti removal
Partnerships with police
and the community
Supporting graffiti
prevention projects
Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design
Building a sense of
community
Education
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Prevent it
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City of Gold Coast - Graffiti prevention • Education within schools about graffiti and its consequences.
• Identifying graffiti hotspots and installing CCTV cameras to catch
graffiti offenders.
• Encouraging property owners to design and create spaces less attractive to graffiti vandals (CPTED).
• Working with retailers of paint products.
• Facilitating public art graffiti prevention projects.
• Supporting community service graffiti removal programs.
• Working with police and other agencies on crime prevention programs.
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We all need to work together to keep
our communities safe and clean!
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