Tagging and Graffiti - Victoria University of Wellington
Tagging and Graffiti - Victoria University of Wellington
Tagging and Graffiti - Victoria University of Wellington
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<strong>Tagging</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Graffiti</strong>: attitudes <strong>and</strong> experiences <strong>of</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong>ers<br />
Depends on whether you’ve been caught or not. Before you get caught it is<br />
exciting but after you have been caught then you just don’t wanna get caught<br />
(Focus group participant)<br />
You don’t get a rush from something you are allowed to do (Focus group<br />
participant)<br />
It would still be exciting if it was legal but it would be way reduced (Focus<br />
group participant).<br />
Desistance from graffiti <strong>and</strong> tagging<br />
All survey respondents were asked if they felt that ‘more effort should be made to stop<br />
graffiti’. Table 12 indicates views were near equally divided among all respondents but that<br />
the youngest age cohort <strong>and</strong> older groups (those over 30 years) strongly favoured more<br />
effort to stop graffiti. Differences between ethnic groups were also apparent, although not<br />
Table 12: Should more effort be made to stop graffiti, by gender, age, ethnicity<br />
<strong>and</strong> participation (number <strong>and</strong> percentages)<br />
Yes<br />
No<br />
% n % n<br />
All 49.8 344 50.2 347<br />
Male 41.1 153 58.9 219<br />
Female 59.9 191 40.1 128<br />
Under 14 72.7 8 27.3 3<br />
14-16 55.0 94 45.0 77<br />
17-19 50.2 129 49.8 128<br />
20-21 38.2 21 61.8 34<br />
22-23 48.6 17 51.4 18<br />
24-25 34.5 10 65.5 19<br />
25+ 29.5 13 70.5 31<br />
30+ 58.6 34 41.4 24<br />
40+ 58.1 18 41.9 13<br />
NZ European 57.8 155 42.2 113<br />
Māori 38.8 45 61.2 71<br />
Pacific peoples 64.1 25 35.9 14<br />
Asian 69.4 25 30.6 11<br />
European 19.3 11 80.7 46<br />
Other ethnicity 48.2 53 51.8 57<br />
Have not written 65.6 267 34.4 140<br />
Have written 24.6 57 75.4 175<br />
Have written ‘sometimes’ 38.5 20 61.5 32<br />
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