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This resource corresponds to Module 6. Hi. My name is Marc Posner and I've worked as a researcher and writer for a variety of projects at Education Development Center, Inc. I was recently conducting key informant interviews about services provided to runaway and homeless children in a mid-sized New England city. I spoke to the police chief and asked him if there was any neighborhood which served as the city's "drug supermarket" or "red light district." He told me that, while the city had problems with both drug-dealing and prostitution, it was not localized to a particular neighborhood. Later, I asked the same question of the head of a municipal agency that served at-risk teens. He said "Oh sure, it's Main Street, between 4th and 7th Avenues." His answer held two important lessons. One was that the police chief either didn't know, or wouldn't admit, the existence of this particular problem. And the other was not to rely on one source for important information. Marc Posner is a Senior Research Associate at Education Development Center, Inc. |
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