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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for graffiti (seattle)
2 results foundAuthor: Seattle (Washington). Office of City Auditor Title: City of Seattle Anti-Graffiti Efforts: Best Practices and Recommendations Summary: Writing, painting, or drawing on public or private property without the owner’s permission is not permitted under the law in the City of Seattle (Seattle Municipal Code 12A.08.020). In addition, the City of Seattle also has a Graffiti Nuisance Code (Seattle Municipal Code 10.07) that requires property owners to promptly remove graffiti found on their property after notice from the City of Seattle. During our audit we collected a wide variety of views about the impact of graffiti. A web survey of over 900 Seattle residents, businesses and organizations revealed a range of public opinion, with 39% indicating that graffiti was not a problem and 40% indicating that graffiti was a medium to very big problem. These results appear to reflect how often respondents had been the victim of graffiti: 37% percent had never been victims, while 33% had been victimized at least several times a year. Our systematic, single-day, physical count of graffiti in four sample areas in two Seattle neighborhoods (each .7 miles) captured 556 instances of graffiti including 551 common tags and five that appeared to be gang graffiti. We found that public property was nearly twice as commonly tagged as private property, with traffic/street signs, utility poles, and pay stations as common targets. Details: Seattle: Office of City Auditor, 2010. 116p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 8, 2011 at: http://www.seattle.gov/audit/docs/2010GraffitiReport.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://www.seattle.gov/audit/docs/2010GraffitiReport.pdf Shelf Number: 121275 Keywords: Graffiti (Seattle)Vandalism |
Author: Braga, Anthony A. Title: Addressing Crime and Disorder in Seattle’s “Hot Spots”: What Works? Summary: At the request of Seattle City Councilmembers Tim Burgess and Tom Rasmussen, our office initiated audits to examine how well the City is currently addressing two types of physical disorder: graffiti and litter. Our work on graffiti and litter led us to a growing body of research evidence in the field of criminology that suggests that efforts focused on very small (e.g., one city block), discrete “hot spots” of crime and disorder can be effective in reducing crime and disorder in those areas. Further, this research shows that, rather than displacing the crime and disorder to adjacent areas, nearby areas often also benefit from the hot spot efforts. In this paper, we: 1. Summarize the latest criminology research regarding hot spots of crime and disorder in Seattle; 2. Describe efforts in other jurisdictions that have demonstrated, through outcome data and evaluation, evidence of success in reducing crime ; and 3. Recommend steps, based on research evidence, for how Seattle could bring about positive community change in its hot spots of crime and disorder. Details: Seattle: Office of City Auditor, 2011. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 8, 2011 at: http://www.seattle.gov/audit/docs/2011Mar29_HotSpotsWhatWorks.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.seattle.gov/audit/docs/2011Mar29_HotSpotsWhatWorks.pdf Shelf Number: 121276 Keywords: Graffiti (Seattle)Hot SpotsLitterNuisance Crimes and Disorder |