For me the banana incident says a lot in this regard. For many, the consequences of finding everyone disapproving of your actions can be humiliating just the awakening you need to realise this is not acceptable behaviour. We are community creatures and back in the days of smaller communities your behaviour was regulated by what was acceptable to the group. Otherwise you'd find yourself ousted and that really isn't a great feeling.

Thus, on the subject of the graffiti vandal, what was his motive? Was he tagging because the risk gets approval in certain circles? The more esteemed the property you're tagging, the more revered you might behind in that circle. Or was it simply an act of rebellion or boredom?

I think the impact of punishment, consequence or education often depends on how the offender has been raised in the first place. If they have learnt empathy and an understanding of how actions affect others, then any of these methods could cause them to see error in their actions. However, if they have been raised to never have consequences for their actions or have maybe even been ignored, then would any make an impact? Maybe bad attention was the only attention they were ever able to get, so the pattern continues and any of the above would be welcomed.

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