Hi Mike,
I have just returned from vacation. We have a lovely summer in Sweden, at
least in Skane the best summer in 120 years or so, but as you have heard in
south Europe a lot of rain.
Thank you for taking your precious time to read my paper. I am honoured. I
find you questions very adequate and I will try to answer you, even if some
time have passed by since you read it and made the comments.
1. Yes I worked with three different or overlapping groups, young people,
parents and authorities. In Sweden there are no common understanding about
CHAT. So my first point have been to show that it is a useful theory, since
young boys are in a group, doing a activity before the act of crime. In
Sweden the social service take care of one at a time even if they have done
crime together and mostly they get different social workers. So firstly I
was most concern about showing the usefulness the theory. Secondly I was
amazed that it work as a practical tool for the young boys and I occupy
myself with that example. You are right, I will now go on and using
Engerstrom¹s triangle to examine the three different systems and see how
that work out in practice. I work out of the omen that no theory without
practice and no practice without theory.
2. Yes I mention about the activity BEFORE committing the crime and again
this is such a good finding for CHAT. I have a little discussion about the
risk activity, but I think finding the right concepts is the key. Is
³wandering about² an activity that leads up to a crime activity? Where and
how does one activity changes into another? There are still more questions
than questions. I my new project constructing prevention work for
subgroups vs. neo-nazi and rightwing groups. I will have the time to really
examine the activities before and on different levels. But Mika you put the
finger on the right spot and I appreciate that.
3. Sorry about the confusion. First I am trying to show the importance of
knowing the target group. For Kirsebergs part not robbery, for the other
parts in Malmo robbery. Then I was more trying to make my example
pedagogical understandable. In the beginning I used truancy since that was
even easier to explain and understand. I have still some difficulty to find
right concepts, words and structures when I explain either with stealing or
robbery, since I still have the society view of HOW it should be interpreted
and I have to let loose from that in order to find a new way to examine the
phenomena.
The paper should be read as I am on my way do you know anything that
could help me? maybe I am in the wrong direction, but at least I am
moving my thoughts it is hard but I am not yet dead. So Mike, your
comments highlighted some areas I have to work with and I am truly thankful
for that. In the social work and practice I have not come across that many
like me who have tried to study recreational drugs, hiv-prevention, crime
prevention and well behaving among Chinese/Vietnamese young people out of
CHAT.
If anybody would like to read the paper and give me some feedback the
paper is at and I am very thankful.
Yours
Hans Knutagård
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