The concept of vandalism is a concept that has to do with coexistence in society and that is applied to designate those acts of extreme violence that involve attacks especially against furniture or real estate that may or may not be one's own. The idea of vandalism comes from that barbarian group that pressed against the Roman Empire to enter its borders through violence, generating, together with other barbarian groups, the Roman fall and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Vandalism is a very common phenomenon especially in large cities and also especially in the public sphere since it becomes visible through the damage, breakage or destruction of elements such as posters, traffic lights, stained glass as well as graffiti and other forms of aggression to other people's property.
Whenever it is used, the concept of vandalism is endowed with a negative charge that has to do with illegal or illicit acts that violate private property and that can also generate many damages to third parties, not only economic but emotional and psychological depending on the type of violence that is exerted. Vandalism is generally carried out by anonymous people who act in a covert manner, since this type of violence and destruction is usually punishable by different regional laws.
As stated at the beginning, vandalism is a social phenomenon since it puts at risk the peaceful coexistence within a community. This is especially clear when people attack public spaces that are freely used by anyone and whose damage can represent great alterations. In addition, vandalism is also a phenomenon that is encouraged and favored by the masses of angry, uncontrolled and angry people since anonymity and the presence of peers who act the same leads the individual to try to lose themselves in the crowd to act in this way irrational and violent.
