Making their mark: A psychodynamic view of adolescent graffiti writing

Abstract

This paper seeks an understanding of the levels of meaning and purpose behind the overt behaviour of adolescent graffiti writing and the paradoxical way in which adolescents make public statements by employing private activities. Having identified it as a predominantly male activity, the author explores the links between the excitement and difficulties of the adolescent process; and calls on a range of theoretical thinking to move between its meaning for the individual, gang society and the adult world at large.

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