Case Studies
Chapter 2: France
Scott is a 12-year-old French boy with a very difficult family situation. Scott is from a very impoverished neighborhood in France and has no parental supervision. His father is absent from his life, and his mother is quite abusive when she is around. More often than not, however, she away working one of her two jobs to try to provide for the family. Scott has been involved in illegal activities since he was nine years old and does not show any sign of stopping. At age 12, Scott committed burglary and vandalism at a grocery store in France. At age 16, Scott began to commit more serious offenses around his neighborhood. Eventually he was arrested for a particularly violent assault that almost led to the death of the victim.