Indication: Professor Cláudio Chaves Beato Filho – Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences/UFMG

Period: April 15 to May 13, 2007

Dominique Duprez is a sociologist, Director of Research and President of the Sociology Sector at the CNRS – National Center for Scientific Research and Director of Clersé – University of Lille I. He is dedicated to studying deviant behavior, social conditions in urban neighborhoods with low population income, drug use and crime.