A twenty-first century graffiti classification system: A typological tool for prioritizing graffiti removal

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-155

  Taylor, Myra F ^a   Cordin, Robin ^a   Njiru, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification system; graffiti; graffitiremoval; prioritization; property damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954375206     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2010.8     Document Type: Article

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