An Argument Against Graffiti Graffiti is defined by Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as inscriptions or drawings made on some public surface (10th ed. 1996). Graffiti appears on bridges, billboards and signs across the nation. Some people may consider the inscriptions or drawings a work of “art”. The masses, however, consider this form of “art” dangerous, irresponsible and promote gang activity. The creation of graffiti is dangerous. Graffiti artists climb to high places to draw on …showed first 75 words of 585 total…

…showed last 75 words of 585 total…of society considers to be vandalism. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Abel, Ernest L., and Barbara E. Buckley. The Handwriting on the Wall: Toward a Social and Psychology of Graffiti. Connecticut: Greenwood, 1977. Coffield, Frank. Vandalism and Graffiti: The State of Art. London, England: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1991. Ferrel, Jeff. Crimes of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality. New York, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993. Schatz, Daniel. Graffiti Paints Out. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, June 1992. 1-3.