Review Article : Vandalism
| Date | 01 March 1979 |
| Author | John Hedge |
| Published date | 01 March 1979 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057902600105 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Op.
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(The
author
spent
eight
years
in
the
Probation
Service
before
recently
becom-
ing
a
lecturer
in
applied
social
studies
at
Hull
University,
where
he
is
closely
involved
in
the
training
of
new
probation
officers.)
REVIEW ARTICLE
Vandalism
JOHN
HEDGE
To
the
man
on
the
Clapham
omnibus
(probably
literally)
vandalism
is
the
most
visible
of
all
forms
of
delinquent
behaviour.
Moreover,
in
recent
times,
vandalism
has
become
a
political
issue
of
very
considerable
proportions.
Much
of the
so-called
&dquo;law
and
order&dquo;
debate
in
fact
has
centred
on
popular
ideas
about
and
remedies
for
vandalism.
As
the
introductory
chapter
to
this
booklet*
points
out,
there
is
some
evidence
that
vandalism
can
become
mixed
up
in
people’s
minds
with
more
general
worries
about
hooliganism
and
breakdowns
in
public
order.
22
per
cent
of
the
public
interviewed
in
a
recent
survey
defined
the
dangers
of
personal
attack
or
robbery,
in
the
street,
as
&dquo;vandalism&dquo;.
In
these
circumstances
it
becomes
increasingly
important
that
we
begin
to
understand
vandalism
and
its
incidence
in
much
more
detail
than
has
been
the
case
in
the
past.
Recently
the
Home
Office
Research
Unit
has
carried
out
five
important
studies.
One,
a
study
of
vandalism
on
buses,
was
published
in
1976.
Another,
on
telephone
kiosk
vandalism,
is
to
be
published
later.
The
remaining
three
studies
have
recently
been
published
by
the
Home
Office.
As
they
are
concerned
with
the
real
incidence
of
vandalism
among
adolescent
schoolboys
and
a
test
of
the
&dquo;defensible
space&dquo;
theory,
all
these
studies
should be
of
real
interest
to
probation
officers
and
social
workers.
*&dquo;Tackling
Vandalism&dquo;
Home
Office
Research
Study
No.
47,
HMSO
(1978),
£2.
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