Engineering study for reducing sign vandalism.

Details

• Creators:
  Harris, Gary
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  Iowa State University
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Signs
  • Vandalism
  • Property crimes
  • Signs
  • Vandalism
  • Property crimes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  HR-246
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Edition:
  Final report; June 1982-June 1992.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa. Dept. of Transportation. Highway Division
• Abstract:
  Sign vandalism has traditionally been a vexing problem for Iowa counties. ; The extent of the cost and incidence of these acts have never been fully ; ascertained, but a 1990 survey indicated that they cost Iowa counties more ; than 1.5 million dollars annually. In 1990, the Iowa Legislature ; recognized the seriousness of the problem and strengthened the existing ; sign vandalism law by increasing the penalty for illegal possession of a ; traffic control device from a simple to a serious misdemeanor. However, ; the courts must be willing to prosecute vandals to the magnitude provided ; in the Iowa Code. An educational campaign begun in 1987 involving over ; 200 Iowa school districts to educate students on the seriousness of the ; problem evidently did not have the effect of dramatically reducing the ; overall cost of sign vandalism in Iowa. This study sought to define the ; scope of the problem and possibly offer some effective countermeasures to ; combat sign vandalism and theft in Iowa.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23228/dot_23228_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 832.51 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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