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Exploring place and time dynamics of vandalism in a Scottish Context

Exploring place and time dynamics of vandalism in a Scottish Context. Play. Protest. Pleasure / Thrill. Vandalism Motivations to do it?. Territorial. Volume crime >20%. Preventing Incivility. Vandalism Motivations to Prevent It. Social Control. Signal Crime.

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Exploring place and time dynamics of vandalism in a Scottish Context

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  1. Exploring place and time dynamics of vandalism in a Scottish Context

  2. Play Protest Pleasure / Thrill Vandalism Motivations to do it? Territorial

  3. Volume crime >20% Preventing Incivility Vandalism Motivations to Prevent It Social Control Signal Crime

  4. Routine Activities Theory – Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson 1979 Place Likely Offender Absence of Capable Guardian Crime Place Place Suitable Target Time

  5. Research questions : • Is destructive vandalism (breaking / smashing) the same as graffiti. • How do types of vandalism relate to other everyday routine activity patterns including patterns of disorder and violence? How does this vary by place and time? • What interactions occur between acts of vandalism, acts of vandalism prevention, routine activities and wider social structures?

  6. Study Area – City of EdinburghRelative Deprivation

  7. 7 September 2009 17 September 2009

  8. Methodological approach... Data Exploring Edinburgh Study Youth Transitions in Crime Interviews / Focus Groups Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis Scottish Crime and Victim Survey Police Recorded Crime Literature & Document Review Views of people who interact with vandalism Mapping and other Visualisation Modelling Multi - Level Spatial & Temporal

  9. ESDA with Brushing and Linking - Geoda Housebreakingper dwelling Vandalism per hectare Worklessness Per working population Data from 2004, Source www.sns.gov.uk accessed February 2009

  10. But how to I get at the daily routine interactions? • Modelling? Small numbers may be a problem • Focus groups with vignettes? • Short period of observations? • ‘Walking interviews’? • With who? community police officers, wardens, youth workers, adult graffiti writers • Visual ethnography? in different ‘hotspots’ at different times

  11. Thank youEllie Batese.j.w.bates@sms.ed.ac.uk 4pm Bristo Square 10 days after the end of the Festival Fringe 2pm Bristo Square 5 days later second day of Freshers’ week

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