Painting out graffiti is very worthwhile, but what can be done to prevent graffiti in the first place and to more effectively arrest, prosecute and punish the vandals. If graffiti taggers knew that they had to put in many months of community service cleaning up their graffiti during the day and spending their nights in jail they would be less inclined to do it in the first place. Also, the vandals and their parents should be absolutely required to make full monetary compensation for their damage so that they are not a burden to the taxpayers.
Painting out graffiti is very worthwhile, but what can be done to prevent graffiti in the first place and to more effectively arrest, prosecute and punish the vandals. If graffiti taggers knew that they had to put in many months of community service cleaning up their graffiti during the day and spending their nights in jail they would be less inclined to do it in the first place. Also, the vandals and their parents should be absolutely required to make full monetary compensation for their damage so that they are not a burden to the taxpayers.