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: graffiti@goldcoast.qld.gov.au 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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