Word: socialized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Half the kids who come to Place walk in off the street. Unlike all other shelters in the area, Place has an open referral policy--kids do not have to be referred or funded by another social agency or come from a certain geographical region. The house is always open with staff on duty, 24 hours...
...form of outreach to the child which tries to get him actively involved in solving his own problems. In a non-authoritarian environment, the runaway can hear an explanation of the options open to him. The facilities of the house can then be used as a sort of social service trouble-shooter to get the child the services he may need, such as a forster home, medical care...
Place Runaway House evolved out of the social troubles of the 1960s. At the time, young people were not drifting just to San Francisco to become flower children. They flowed into many major cities. And not all were interested in politics and drugs but were running away from serious problems and needed help. Place House was founded in 1967, making it the second oldest shelter for runaways in the country...
...deal with particular categories of problems, Place, with its non-restricted access, 24-hour availability, convenient location and client-centered counseling, is openly structured to respond to the needs of runaways. In a way, Place acts like an interface between the child and the more institutionalized network of social agencies. After having having had a few days to overcome crises, many kids are able to work out their problems well enough so that they do not need to get caught up in the larger social agency network...
...seem to know much about contemporary teenage hoods. The gangs in his film differ only slightly from the Dead End Kids of the '30s, the Jets of West Side Story, or even the Sweathogs of TV's Welcome Back, Kotter. With a little help from a concerned social worker, these misunderstood kids could probably be college timber. What Hill does understand is the steely textures of urban nightmares. From its opening image−a neon pink Coney Is land Ferris wheel against an inky sky−to its final burst of gore, The Warriors offers a hallucinatory vision...