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Geographies of Graffiti Abatement: Zero Tolerance in Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle
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In this paper, the authors examine graffiti abatement policies and programs in three West Coast U.S. cities: Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle, and find several similarities in the graffi...Abstract:
In this article, we examine graffiti abatement policies and programs in three West Coast U.S. cities: Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle. Through this analysis, several similarities in the graffi...read more
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a center to address state-of-the-art research, create innovating educational programs, and support technology transfers using commercially viable results to assist the Army Research Laboratory to develop the next generation Future Combat System in the telecommunications sector that assures prevention of perceived threats, and non-line of sight/Beyond line of sight lethal support.
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Taming murals in the city: a foray into mural policies, practices, and regulation
TL;DR: In recent decades, murals have become a common phenomenon in urban landscapes and they are markers of identity and can provide benefits to individuals, communities, and cities as mentioned in this paper, and some of them are created by artists themselves.
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Aesthetics of zero tolerance
TL;DR: The zero tolerance policies against graffiti are rooted in moral panic and "broken windows" theory, forging connections between illegal interventions in the city and social disorder as mentioned in this paper. But these connec...
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Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods
TL;DR: In this article, the sources and consequences of public disorder are assessed based on the videotaping and systematic rating of more than 23,000 street segments in Chicago, and highly reliable scales of social and physical disorder for 196 neighborhoods are constructed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a center to address state-of-the-art research, create innovating educational programs, and support technology transfers using commercially viable results to assist the Army Research Laboratory to develop the next generation Future Combat System in the telecommunications sector that assures prevention of perceived threats, and non-line of sight/Beyond line of sight lethal support.
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Seeing Disorder: Neighborhood Stigma and the Social Construction of Broken Windows
TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that as the concentration of minority groups and poverty increases, residents of all races perceive heightened disorder even after they account for an extensive array of personal characteristics and independently observed neighborhood conditions.
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Broken Windows: New Evidence from New York City and a Five-City Social Experiment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present results from an important social experiment known as Moving to Opportunity (MTO) underway in five cities, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles as well as Baltimore and Boston, which provides the first truly rigorous test of the broken windows hypothesis.
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Breaking Away From Broken Windows: Baltimore Neighborhoods And The Nationwide Fight Against Crime, Grime, Fear, And Decline
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the place, the theory, the policies, and policies of the Incivilities Thesis: Theory, Measurement, and Policy, Variations on a Theme, Empirical Support for Hypotheses, and Implications for Policy, Practice, and Theory.