McSweeney

Sue Wrote: - > There are statistics indicating the relationship > between the visual environment and crime, for > example the New York zero tolerance of graffiti > and litter. > > I suggest it's you who needs to back up your > statements. > > Clearly there are no experiments specifically on > bright blue wheelie bins :)) however if we had > known they were coming in, it could have made a > good undergraduate thesis subject for a psychology > student. > > ETA: Too many variables to compare with another > borough with dark blue bins now, would be much too > complex to do properly. The point of zero tolerance in New York was to punish people for the little things (graffiti, fare dodging) and by doing that make the point that offences would be tackled. Not to make it pretty so people wouldn't stab each other.

I think the onus not to make statements about things you know nothing about is on the people making the odd connections (crime and blue bins) - not those that are querying the connection.

Mental well being? Yes, I imagine they've given up on the white noise torture at Guantanamo and moved onto putting the detainees in a room with bright blue plastic bins.

Crime rates? Any evidence for that one?