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Raymond Boudon : The model of latent classes. Lazarsfeld's model of latent classes reveals a possible solution to a methodological problem of interest to sociology and other humanistic sciences. This article shows the relationship of this solution to Spearman's solution of a similar problem in the neighbouring field of psychology. One of the proposed solution to the model is presented in two separate parts. The first could be used in systematic programming. The second represents a rough calculating guide intended for use with a simple office calculator.

Roger Benjamin : Geographical sketches on the incidence of crime and delinquency in France. An examination of maps showing the incidence of crime and delinquency in France indicates the existence of homogeneous zones of heavy or light criminality. Certain correlations between crime and other social factors such as urbanization, divorce, can be perceived. As far as delinquency goes, there seems to be wide correspondence between this phenomenon and factors of social structure linked to economic development.

Pierre Rolle : Workers and the factory doctor. On the basis of a survey carried out among workers in the metallurgical industry, it has been shown that formal structures in the organization of production tend to be preserved by adapting their own methods to certain concrete imperatives of production. An attempt is made to explain the reactions of workers to the factory doctors, often paradoxal at first sight, by this method.