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In The Psychology of Vandalism, Arnold P. Goldstein thoroughly examines the status, causation, prevention, and remediation of vandalistic behavior. Goldstein provides vandal- and environment-oriented explanations and interventions. He includes 169 tactics to reduce vandalism as well as ways for selecting and combining these tactics into programs. A selection of exemplary research reports evaluate diverse vandalism interventions. This reference will benefit graduate students, practitioners, and academics in clinical, social, and environmental psychology as well as criminology.
List of contents
1 Why Study Vandalism?.- 2 Definitions and Demographics.- 3 Causation.- 4 Intervention: Alternative Strategies.- 5 Intervention: Implementation Tactics.- 6 Intervention: Combinations and Evaluations.- 7 Ecovandalism and Psychological Inquiry.- Research Appendix.- Cultural Resource Protection: A Predictive Framework for Identifying Site Vulnerability, Protection Priorities, and Effective Protection Strategies.- Preventing School Vandalism and Improving Discipline: A Three-Year Study.- Countering Sign Vandalism with Public Service Advertising.- Theft and Mutilation of Library Materials.- The Equity Control Model as a Predictor of Vandalism among College Students.- Shame and Embarrassment as Deterrents to Noncompliance with the Law: The Case of an Antilittering Campaign.- A Search for the Elusive Setting Events of School Vandalism: A Correlational Study.- Environmental Correlates of School Vandalism.- The Spatial Ecology of Stripped Cars.- Environmental Cues and Vandalism: An Exploratory Study of Picnic Table Carving.- Increasing Public Involvement to Reduce Depreciative Behavior in Recreation Settings.- Field and Laboratory Studies of Littering.
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`An excellent introduction to the psychology of vandalism....Useful to anyone interested in combating it.'
Contemporary Psychology
