Parophylactic and Resocialization Functions of Amateur Artistic Groups of Juvenile Clubs, (From loisirs - une des mesures de prevention de la delinquance juvenile P 147-156 1976 Alice Parizseau, ed. - See NCJ-70512)

• NCJ Number: 70521
• Author(s): Z Konaszkiewicz; A Roykiewicz
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: Canada

Annotation

Two Polish studies show that amateur groups organized in youth clubs can give youths constructive ways to spend their leisure time and aid delinquents in finding direction.

Abstract

After one of Poland's youth cultural festivals, five groups of amateur musicians from the festival were interviewed to discover why they joined the groups and why they stayed together. Their reponses showed satisfaction in dealing with a group of peers, in using there time agreeabey instead of being bored, and in 'finding themselves', i.e. developing specific interests and skills that lead to self-gratification. In this case, art and music aacted as instructive instruments and also brouth out the emotional aspects of thh youth' personalities. Another study, conducted during the years 1973-76, look at 200 youth aged 15 to 21 participating in activities at youth culture clubs. In this group, two types of youths were distinquished: some were very active creatively annd culturally; others were soocially maladjusted and known for hooliganism, poor school performance, and cantacts with the justice system. Analysis of the latter youths regarding their management of leisure time and potential for resocialization and reedudation through club programs found that the subjects' greatest problem was the lack of motivation, interests, and discipline. They were also characterized by negative attitudes toward the clubs, aggressiveness, and nervous excitability. However, they did identify very strongly with group and sport activities, which they sought as ways to fill their time. The youth clubs were found to fulfill many of these linquent youths' needs by providing a place where they could participate in a group, find a sense of identity, discover security, and develop their sense of selfself-importance through belonging. The Amusement that deviant youths seeb can be found in club activities while cooperation and social norms are being taught to them at the same time. Such clubs should be used for their educative potential and instructors must come to these youth groups with training and understanding of the potential problems, with skills in teaching self-care, and with an air of informality. --French.