Mantes-la-Jolie has just announced the creation of a group intended to address the risks of young adults and children becoming entrenched in delinquency. The city does not avoid the taboo of age: minors under 12 years old, or even younger, are concerned.
“The earlier we take these children into care, the more we increase the chances of helping them,” says the mayor. Among the city's 44,000 inhabitants, 12,000 of them are under 18 years old.