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Virtually all our social institutions, public and corporate, are suffering paroxysms of restructuring. Waves of institutional agitation are sweeping across our social structure. This article explores some of the causes and consequences of the present frenzy of institutional change, finding that much of it is not the inevitable result of social, economic and technological pressures beyond our control, but rather is largely prompted by a developing cultural addiction to change as a good in itself. A lot of so-called restructuring, it concludes, amounts to unnecessary institutional vandalism.

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Vandalism is the ultimate 'environmental' crime because acts of vandalism are always committed against physical objects and because the physical design and setting play an important role. Vandalism is not a 'senseless' crime, but has important reasons tied to the design and management of environments. Vandalism is often misunderstood by designers, planners, facility managers and administrators. Understanding the patterns and environmental context of vandalism enables us to promote better strategies for its pervention and control.

There has been a lack of theorisation and conceptualisation of vandalism and anti-social behaviour in criminology in the decades following Cohen's seminal typology of vandalism in the 1970s. This important book forwards a new typology of vandalism, one that addresses the various challenges of the late modern world, rather than the older industrial world Cohen addressed. Matt Long and Roger Hopkins Burke analyse the various types of vandalism and anti-social behaviour conducted by individuals. However, they highlight that individuals are not always the locus of blame - the state also has the capacity to act in a profoundly anti-social way. Crucially, Long and Hopkins Burke argue that in order to fully understand vandalism and anti-social behaviour, a culturally criminological perspective should be fostered. This is a perspective which accounts for both the emotional and experiential aspects of crime as well as its broader social and political contexts.

"November 1992." ; Shipping list no.: 93-0532-M. ; Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. ; Sponsors: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon; Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vandalism Alert, Inc., Seattle, Washington. ; "The first International Symposium on Vandalism in North America was held April 20-22, 1988, in Seattle, Washington."--Foreword. ; "Published in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region and the University of Washington, Institute of Forest Resources, Seattle, Washington." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.