Some are reached and in fact do turn around. The law is not an out dated approach. The law as applied to a graffiti writer just pushes Tobin's buttons and I can't help that. This misinformation also gave graffiti an undying reputation of gang affiliation which contributed to community pressure against graffiti. Tobin is misinformed.
Gangs are bad news for the community as a whole.
When gangs are allowed to roam, it means death, shootings, stabbings, and turf wars. Mr. Tobin is misinformed. The positive conceptions of this form of graffiti would be restored if the public were more knowledgeable of what this graffiti really consisted of. True artists don't need the outlaw sub-culture of rebellion. Get a life Mr. Tobin.