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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Shopping on an industrial, inhuman scale and violence

    Giant shopping centers and indoor malls are privately owned property that are far away and can only be reached by cars.They function as semi-public or quasi-public spaces and have giant car parks.
    Who is ensuring the safety of staff and customers in these spaces of aggregation?

    * "Man accused of kicking two young boys at Canberra shopping centre... It is alleged the man approached the mother and the brothers, aged two and four, from behind, and kicked the children. One of the boys was left with a broken nose while the other was assessed for head injuries...Police said they have apologised to the family for not attending the incident." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/man

    * Violence against staff in the retail industry:

    " A survey of nearly 3,000 workers... found that, over the period of 12 months:

    34 per cent of members said they did not feel safe in their workplace
    88 per cent experienced verbal abuse
    25 per cent experienced physical violence
    19 per cent experienced sexual harassment
    11 per cent experienced online abuse
    10 per cent had been spat on
    31 per cent experienced ethnicity/race/cultural background-related abuse or harassment
    59 per cent had been abused by the same customer more than once. " >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/col

    * The Human Scale, Jan Gehl
    thehumanscale.dk/
    #assault #violence #workers #consumers #CivicSpace #malls #ShoppingMalls #RetailManagement #surveillance #CarDependentMalls #BigBoxStores #ImpersonalSpaces #aggression #brawls #TheHumanScale #design

    #assault #violence #workers #consumers #civicspace #malls