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“I’Ve Got Better Things To Worry About”: Police Perceptions Of Graffiti And Street Art In A Large Mid-Atlantic City, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
“I’Ve Got Better Things To Worry About”: Police Perceptions Of Graffiti And Street Art In A Large Mid-Atlantic City, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
The majority of scholarly research on graffiti and street art has examined this phe- nomenon in terms of its distribution and the nature of the perpetrators. Rarely has the law enforcement response been investigated. To better understand this neglected aspect, the investigators constructed a survey that they administered to a sample of officers in a large Mid-Atlantic police department to determine their attitudes, in particular their perceptions, regarding graffiti, street art, and perpetrators of this behavior. The survey takes into consideration important police-related variables and situational factors to provide a portrait of officer perceptions. The major finding indicates that the …
"I'Ve Got Better Things To Worry About" Police Perceptions Of Graffiti And Street Art In A Large Mid-Atlantic City, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
"I'Ve Got Better Things To Worry About" Police Perceptions Of Graffiti And Street Art In A Large Mid-Atlantic City, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
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