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Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property. [1]The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner.
Property damage (sometimes called damage to property), is the damage or destruction of real or tangible personal property, caused by negligence, willful destruction, or an act of nature. Destruction of property (sometimes called property destruction , or criminal damage in England and Wales ) is a sub-type of property damage that involves ...
The idea of giving land a legal personality is intended to enable the democratic system of the rule of law to allow for prosecution, sanction, and reparation for damage to the earth. [163] For example, this has been put into practice in Ecuador in the form of a constitutional principle known as "Pacha Mama" (Mother Earth). [164]
Property crime is a category of crime, usually involving private property, that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime is a crime to obtain money, property, or some other benefit. This may involve force, or the threat of force, in cases like robbery or ...
Harming a person is much worse than damaging property. But that doesn’t mean that both aren’t acts of violence.
The most drastic example of destruction of cultural monuments, art objects, and artifacts took place in Vukovar. After the occupation of the devastated city by the Yugoslav Army and Serbian paramilitary forces, portable cultural property was removed from shelters and museums in Vukovar to museums and archives in Serbia.
Notable examples include: Marietta Earthworks - almost entirely covered by the city of Marietta. Newark Earthworks - numerous probable ceremonial walkways and several large enclosures lost to urban expansion of Newark. Mound City Group - Mostly destroyed during the construction of Camp Sherman. Evidence of the mounds is still present below the ...
Certain groups turn to the destruction of property to stop environmental destruction or to make visible arguments against forms of modern technology they consider detrimental to the environment. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other law enforcement agencies use the term eco-terrorist when applied to damage of property.