Echeverri Londoño, María Catalina
[Author];
Meneses Ariza, Julia Raquel
[Author];
Restrepo Sierra, María Cristina
[Author];
Marín Pava, Paula Andrea
[Author]
Diagnóstico psicosocial de un barrio en la ciudad de Armenia
Footnote:
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Revista El Agora USB ; 14 (2014) 1 ; 127-145
Description:
This article presents the results of a psycho-social diagnosis performed to a neighborhood of the city of Armenia, in which the main problems affecting this community were identified: thefts, sale and consumption of psychoactive substances and multiple manifestations of urban violence that underscore the weak existing social capital. To carry out this diagnosis, workshops and interviews with children, young people and adults of the neighborhood, tree problems and social mapping were carried out. A change in the perception of the community on violence and insecurity in the area was made evident, indicating a supposed decline in the occurrence of these problems. By carrying out a discussion and taking up theories that address the issue of violence and drugs, it was inferred that gangs dedicated to the control and sale of drugs in the neighborhood have moved from a disorganized to an organized crime which explains the apparent decline of the problems. In the same way, a contrast of results was made in the light of the theory of the social capital and social welfare, in which possible intervention strategies were suggested so that the community may actively participate in the resolution of their difficulties.