English

Dahlia Higgins

26 July, 03:40

Consider this claim:

Rather than being promoted as art, graffiti should be condemned and prohibited.

Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

Calling graffiti "art" encourages its creation, which in turn leads to a costly

community expense. For instance, the Kansas City Parks and Recreation

Department spent approximately $130,000 in 2012 to remove graffiti.

Studies have demonstrated that the majority of people who make graffiti are

males between the ages of twelve and twenty-one years old, whereas only

about 15 percent of graffiti taggers are young females.

Graffiti Hurts, a grassroots community education program in the United

States, cites fame, rebellion, self-expression, and power as the four

motivating factors for graffiti vandalism.