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Costing anti-social behaviour
- Steve Soames (28 July 2001)
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Brainwashed Youth in Contemporary Society
- Eric Frankel (29 July 2001)
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Steve Soames, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator Marlborough Primary School, Devonport
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An interesting article. As a teacher in an area of high social deprivation, I have seen a number of children who have been identified early on, and who subsequently grow-up to engage in high levels of delinquency and crime. It is powerful to have a figure at last which provides a 'ball-park' figure for the cost to society of youngsters who exhibit early signs of delinquency. I think the next stage will be for government administrators to find ways which enable 'on the ground' services to access funding in a simple way so that they can target such children and their families with support. In education, the largest proportion of 'Special educational needs' within downtown urban areas is for emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. I hope that this piece of research is able to translate into action sooner rather than later... I would be keen to hear from others who have successful initiatives (and sources of funding...) to trial a project in our area. Steve Soames
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Eric Frankel, Physician (Retired) Retired
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For over a year I have tried to convince the medical public that it is not good enough to point out again and again that certain negative influences in our environment must be responsibble for the harmful effects they obviously have on the minds of our young people. Nobody has, however, clearly defined the way this brainwashing process proceeds. In the December 2000 issue of the Western Journal of Medicine appeared an article by L.Dillner with the tittle "The Ritalin War Continues".The WJM is owned by the BMJ. The URL of the WMJ is www.ewjm.com I sent in a comment to this article entitled "Brain washed youth in contemporary society".This comment tries to explain the mechanisms which are at work to ptoduce increased suggestibility, loss of critical faculty annd loss of inhibition. I should like to propose that an Editor of a responsible Medical Journal uses my comments in the WJM as the basis of a Leading Article, so that the repeated enumerations of juvenile delinquency can be placed on a firm scientific basis. Eric Frankel M.D.,F.R.C.P.
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