NCJ Number
20320
Journal
REEDUCATION Dated: (JULY-SEPTEMBER 1974) Pages: 3-38
Date Published
1974
Length
36 pages
Annotation
THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES AN EXPERIMENT CARRIED OUT IN THE LOW INCOME 'QUARTIER DU SOLEIL' DISTRICT IN PARIS WHERE THE RATE OF DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL PATHOLOGY WAS THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN IN THE REST OF THE CITY.
Abstract
THE EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED BY A TEAM OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN COLLABORATION WITH A LOCAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN APRIL 1971 AND DECEMBER 1973. AFTER HAVING STUDIED THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT, BY COLLECTING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND BY INTERVIEWING A SAMPLE OF ADULTS AND MINORS ON THEIR PERCEPTIONS THE CLIMATE AND PROBLEMS OF THE DISTRICT, THE TEAMS ATTEMPTED TO DEVELOP A PREVENTIVE STRATEGY FOR PRE-DELINQUENTS AND DELINQUENTS. BY AVAILING THEMSELVES OF THE STRUCTURE AND POWERS OF THE EXISTING DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, THE TEAM PROMOTED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING, ORGANIZED LEISURE ACTIVITIES, AND AFTER-SCHOOL CARE FOR CHILDREN. THE ARTICLE STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN SOCIAL WORKERS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS IN ENSURING THAT PREVENTION EFFORTS REALLY CORRESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION CONCERNED AND THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN CARRYING THIS OUT. --IN FRENCH