VANDALISMELINE, SUSANNE, ELINE, THIRZA

INTERVIEWS

FOR OUR PROJECT WE HAVE INTERVIEWED:

• A PUBLIC AUTHORITY

• THE CARETAKER OF OUR SCHOOL

• TWO YOUNG PEOPLE

• TWO OLDER PEOPLE

A PUBLIC AUTHORITYTHE PUBLIC AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE INTERVIEWED IS THE TAVENU. WE HAVE

ASKED THEM A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT VANDALISM. THEY HAVE ANSWERED ALL

OF OUR QUESTIONS. WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THEY DO VERY

USEFUL THINGS AGAINST VANDALISM. ESPECIALLY AROUND NEW YEAR. WITH

NEW YEAR THEY CLOSE THE RUBBISH BINS SO PEOPLE CAN’T THROW FIRE

WORKS IN IT. THE POST BOXES HAVE SMALLER SLOTHS SO PEOPLE SO PEOPLE

CAN’T GET FIREWORKS IN THERE. THERE ARE ALSO MORE PEOPLE WHO LOOK

AROUND TO SEE IF NO ONE DOES ANYTHING BAD.

THE CARETAKER OF OUR SCHOOL

WE HAVE INTERVIEWED THE CARETAKER OF OUR SCHOOL. WE HAVE ASKED HIM

A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT VANDALISM. WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS

ONES A FIRE IN OUR SCHOOL. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE BREAK WINDOWS.

THERE ARE ALSO SOMETIMES SCRATCHES ON THE TABLES. MOST OF THE TIME

THEY CAN REPAIR THEM THEMSELF BUT SOMETIMES LIKE WITH THE FIRE, THEY

LET OTHER PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF IT. IF YOU COMMIT VANDALISM ON SCHOOL

AND SOMEBODY HAS SEEN IT THAN YOU WILL GET PUNISHED BUT THE

PUNISHES AREN’T TOO BAD.

TWO YOUNG PEOPLE

WE HAVE INTERVIEWED TWO YOUNGER PEOPLE: MYRTHE PELZ AND JELLE

FRIKKEE WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN 18 ARE

MOST OF THE TIME THE ONES WHO COMMIT VANDALISM. BUT THEY CAN BE

OLDER. THE YOUNGER PEOPLE HAVEN’T SEEN VERY MUCH VANDALISM. IF THEY

NEVER VANDALISED THEMSELVES. THEY KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT VANDALISM.

THE PEOPLE CAN COME UP FOR THEMSELVES AND SAY TO THEIR FRIENDS THAT

THEY DON’T WANT TO DO ON VANDALISM IF THEIR FRIENDS ASK THEM TO. BUT

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BE ‘COOL’ AND BREAK A WINDOW OR SOMETHING. THEY

CAN’T HANDLE THE PRESSURE.

TWO OLDER PEOPLEWE HAVE INTERVIEWED TWO OLDER PEOPLE: JACQUELINE KONIJN AND ERIK

VAN DE VEN. WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MOST OF THE TIME

THEY BELIEVE THEIR CHILDREN IF SOMEONE HAS SAID THEY COMMITTED

VANDALISM. THEY WILL FIRST TALK TO THEM AND AFTER THAT THEY PUNISH

THEM IF IT IS NECESSARY. BUT PARENTS ALWAYS WANT TO BELIEVE THEIR

CHILDREN DIDN’T DO IT. THESE PEOPLE DID NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE

BREAKING A WINDOW OR OTHER RELATIVELY SMALL KINDS OF VANDALISM

SUBQUESTIONS1. HOW DOES YOUR REGION LOOK LIKE?

OUR REGION IS QUITE SMALL THOUGH A BIT CROWDED. THERE IS AN ATTRACTION PARK

CALLED THE EFTELING. YOU CAN ALSO WALK IN THE NATURE IN THE DRUNENSE DUINEN( A

FOREST). THERE ARE ALSO MANY, MOST OF THEM COSY, RESTAURANTS. IN OUR REGION ARE

A FEW SHOPPING CENTRES YOU CAN SHOP WELL.

2. ON WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES IS COMMITTED VANDALISM?

IN OUR REGION A LOT OF VANDALISM IS COMMITTED AROUND NEW YEAR. WHEN IT’S NEW YEAR PEOPLE LIKE TO

SET OFF FIREWORK BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO THINK IT’S NICE TO PUT SOME FIRE WORK IN A POST BOX

OR A RUBBISH BIN. THEY TOTALLY BLOW UP THE POST-BOXES. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS AT NEW YEAR.

• THE BUS STOP IS ALSO ONE OF THE PUBLIC PROPERTIES WHO IS OFTEN VICTIM OF VANDALISM.

PEOPLE BREAK THE WINDOWS BY THROWING SOMETHING THROUGH IT. THEY ALSO SQUIRT

GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS OR EVEN THE WINDOWS. SOMETIMES IT LOOKS NICE BUT SOMETIMES

PEOPLE WRITE NASTY THINGS. NOW AND THEN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY OR VILLAGE

ASKS ARTISTS TO PAINT THE BUS STOPS.

• A RUBBISH BIN IS A ‘POPULAR’ PROPERTY FOR PEOPLE WHO COMMIT VANDALISM. THOSE PEOPLE LIKE TO BLOW UP THE RUBBISH BINS. ESPECIALLY WITH FIREWORK. THAT HAPPENS OFTEN AROUND NEW YEAR. IT ALSO HAPPENS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO WRITE NASTY THINGS ON A RUBBISH BIN.

• THE ROAD SIGN IS A PUBLIC PROPERTY WHICH IS VICTIM OF VANDALISM TOO. SOME PEOPLE

LIKE TO BEND IT. WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE CAR DRIVERS CAN’T SEE THE SIGNS

ANY MORE AND ACCIDENTS HAPPEN EASIER THEN. OR THEY TURN THE ROAD SIGNS TO

OTHER SIDES SO THE CARS WILL DRIVE TO THE WRONG WAY.

• CARS ARE ALSO A PUBLIC PROPERTY POPULAR FOR COMMITTERS OF VANDALISM. PEOPLE MAKE SCRATCHES ON CARS ON PURPOSE. PEOPLE BREAK THE MIRRORS THE WINDOWS TOO AND STEAL SOMETHING OUT OF THE CAR.

3. WHO VANDALISES THESE PROPERTIES AND WHY?

THE MOST PEOPLE WHO VANDALISE ARE TEENAGERS BUT OLDER PERSONS CAN ALSO VANDALISE. THEY DO THAT BECAUSE:

THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE COOL WHEN THEY DO THAT.

THEY THINK THAT THEY BELONG TO A GROUP WITH COOL PEOPLE OF THEY COMMIT VANDALISM.

THEIR FRIENDS SAY THAT THEY MUST COMMIT VANDALISM OR THEY WOULD BE CALLED A LOSER OR SOMETHING.

WHEN THEY ARE TOO ANGRY.

4. WHICH STEPS ARE TAKEN TO PREVENT VANDALISM?

THE CARETAKERS OF THE SCHOOL INVIGILATE THROUGH IT SO PEOPLE CAN BE SNAPPED IF THEY

DO ANYTHING. THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY INVIGILATES THROUGH THE CITY AND SNAP PEOPLE WHO

DO ANYTHING. THEY ALSO MAKE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO

COMMIT VANDALISM.

5. DO YOU SEE VANDALISM OF YOUR SCHOOL PROPERTIES BY STUDENTS?

NO NOT REALLY

6. WHAT DO THE CARETAKERS DO TO PREVENT VANDALISM?

THE SCHOOL HAS ALARMS AND CAMERA’S, THE CARETAKERS OF OUR SCHOOL INVIGILATE

THROUGH THE SCHOOL TOO. AND WE HAVE A TEACHER WHO INVIGILATES THROUGH THE

CORRIDORS AND CATCHES UP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SEND OUT OF THE LESSONS.

CONCLUSION

OUR CONCLUSION IS THAT MOST OF THE TIME TEENAGERS ARE THE ONES WHO

VANDALISE. THEY DON’T DO VERY DANGEROUS THINGS. IF THEY DO THAT AND

ANYONE HAS SEEN THEM THAN THEY WILL GET A PUNISHMENT.

OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THAT THEY SHOULD

BUILD THE BUS STOPS WITH PLASTIC INSTEAD OF GLASS. PLASTIC ISN’T AS

BREAKABLE AS GLASS.

AWARENESS ACTIVITYEVERY NEW YEAR, THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY MAKES THE POST BOX OPENINGS SMALLER. PEOPLE

CAN’T PUT FIREWORK IN THE POST BOXES. WE COULD MAKE THE WINDOWS OF BUS STOPS FROM

PLASTIC, SO PEOPLE CAN’T BREAK THOSE WINDOWS. TO LET PEOPLE STOP VANDALISING WE

COULD GIVE STRONGER PUNISHMENTS.

GRAFFITI IS A TRICKY ONE, IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO CLEAN. WE COULD MAKE GRAFFITI THAT EASIER

TO CLEAN, BUT THAT’S DIFFICULT.

MAIN QUESTION

THE PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN OUR REGION ARE VERY WELL MAINTAINED. OF COURSE, AT NEW YEAR

THEY BLOW UP RUBBISH BINS AND POST-BOXES. EVERY YEAR THEY MAKE THE OPENINGS OF THE

POST BOXES SMALL, SO PEOPLE CAN’T PUT FIREWORK IN THEM. SOMETIMES PEOPLE BREAK

WINDOWS FROM BUS STOPS OR THEY MAKE GRAFFITI ON WALLS BY HIGHWAYS. BUT WE DON’T

SEE THAT SO MANY. IF PEOPLE DO SOMETHING THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES GIVE THEM TASKS,

SOMETHING LIKE CLEANING THE WAYS. FOR EXTREMELY THINGS THEY SEND YOUNGER PEOPLE TO

BUREAU HALT. THAT’S A SPECIAL POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE THINGS.