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Tagging and Graffiti: attitudes and experiences of New Zealanders Figure 3: Reason to stop graffiti, by form of graffiti (percentage) Stylised w riting Tagging 53.3% 46.9% 10.0% 23.3% 13.3% .0% .0% 10.2% 14.3% 6.1% 4.1% 18.4% Being caught Being apprehended by police If my friends did not like what I was doing If the graffiti was removed soon after I did it if my family disapproved None of these Vandalism 50.0% 25.0% 12.5% 12.5% .0% .0% Being caught Being apprehended by police If my friends did not like what I was doing If the graffiti was removed soon after I did it if my family disapproved None of these Graffiti art 50.6% 19.5% 3.9% 10.4% 10.4% 5.2% Being caught Being apprehended by police If my friends did not like what I was doing If the graffiti was removed soon after I did it if my family disapproved None of these Being caught Being apprehended by police If my friends did not like what I was doing If the graffiti was removed soon after I did it if my family disapproved None of these Political expression 64.3% .0% 14.3% 14.3% .0% 7.1% Being caught Being apprehended by police If my friends did not like what I was doing If the graffiti was removed soon after I did it if my family disapproved None of these None of these 62.5% 8.3% 12.5% 12.5% .0% 4.2% Being caught Being apprehended by police If my friends did not like what I was doing If the graffiti was removed soon after I did it if my family disapproved None of these Table 14 shows that possible reasons for stopping graffiti varied according to age. The findings indicate that peer and family pressure may become less of an influence on desistance decisions as respondents got older, although the small number of older respondents means that this must be regarded as highly tentative. For all groups, the most common response was to select ‘none of these’, although younger participants chose this to a lesser extent than their older counterparts: those aged 22-23 years were most likely to report that none of the factors listed would cause them to stop writing graffiti. The data suggested 42
Tagging and Graffiti: attitudes and experiences of New Zealanders no clear pattern in terms of gender or ethnic differences in attitudes toward factors that might lead respondents to stop writing graffiti. Table 14: Reasons to stop graffiti, by age (number and percentages) Being caught Being Friends’ Family Removal None of these apprehended by police disapproval disapproval % n % n % n % n % n % n All respondents 7.8 24 22.5 69 7.2 22 7.5 23 3.6 11 51.5 158 Under 14 0.0 0 16.7 1 16.7 1 16.7 1 0.0 0 50.0 3 14-16 8.7 6 15.9 11 14.5 10 8.7 6 4.3 3 47.8 33 17-19 7.3 8 29.4 32 5.5 6 10.1 11 3.7 4 44.0 48 20-21 20.0 5 16.0 4 0.0 0 8.0 2 0.0 0 56.0 14 22-23 0.0 0 21.1 4 5.3 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 73.7 14 24-25 7.7 1 30.8 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 7.7 1 53.8 7 Over 25 0.0 0 29.2 7 4.2 1 4.2 1 4.2 1 58.3 14 Over 30 6.7 1 26.7 4 6.7 1 6.7 1 0.0 0 53.3 8 Over 40 0.0 0 50.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 50.0 1 Have written 7.3 18 21.4 53 7.3 18 6.9 17 3.6 9 53.6 133 Have ‘sometimes’ written 10.2 6 27.1 16 6.8 4 10.2 6 3.4 2 42.4 25 Table 14 also indicates that those who have written graffiti were less likely to agree that being apprehended would stop people writing graffiti, whereas those who had ‘sometimes’ written graffiti were more likely to suggest that this would cause people to desist. All respondents, whether they wrote graffiti or not, were asked to rank a similar list of reasons why those who participate might stop doing graffiti on a scale of 1 to 5 (where 1 is the most effective and 5 the least effective). Table 15 shows the average rating from all respondents: the lower the average rating the more effective the item was rated. As was found in relation to perceived reasons for personal desistance, the quick removal of graffiti was rated as a relatively ineffective means to stop people writing. 43
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