A report on the findings of a consultation with young people on their attitudes and experiences with tagging. Findings are presented in relation to three broad themes: general attitudes toward graffiti, the commissioning and writing of graffiti and tagging, and desistance from graffiti and tagging. The central aim of the study was to develop understanding of offender motivation and attitudes of young people more generally to tagging and graffiti.
Purpose
The central aim of the study was to:
- Develop understanding of offender motivation and attitudes of young people more generally to tagging and graffiti.
More specific questions form the central objectives of the study:
- to develop knowledge of offender’s attitudes toward graffiti and tagging;
- to understand the extent (if any) to which tagging and graffiti offending is associated with other criminal activity;
- to gain identify factors that shape ‘involvement decisions’, ‘event decisions’ and ‘desistance decisions’ (Cornish and Clarke, 2006);
- to examine the extent to which the transgressive nature of tagging and graffiti are central to offender motivation;
- to establish the relation between tagging, graffiti and other aspects of youth subculture.