Reform Through Community: Resocializing Offenders in the Kibbutz Contributor(s): Fischer, Michael (Author), Geiger, Brenda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313279314 ISBN-13: 9780313279317 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Law |
Dewey: 364.809 |
LCCN: 91012837 |
Lexile Measure: 1090 |
Series: Contributions to the Study of Education |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.4" W x 9.58" (1.19 lbs) 248 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book recounts a successful effort to resocialize criminal offenders placed in Kibbutzim. Social scientist Michael Fischer and educational philosopher Brenda Geiger describe the events and experiences that unfolded when a Kibbutz adopted an Israeli ex-convict as a temporary member of its collective. They conclude that resocialization is achievable: that a world of hard work, interdependence, and self-denial can successfully compete against the temptations for adventure and diversion in an offender's past and present. Fischer and Geiger reconstruct the subjective experiences of the Israeli ex-convicts who were invited to live and work as members on separate Kibbutzim. They detail how a protective environment, daily routines, egalitarianism, peer group support, acceptance, and trust yielded involvement, commitment, and higher self-esteem on the part of the offenders. Relating the kibbutz experience to theories of social psychology and criminology, Fischer and Geiger offer a model for resocialization combining group dynamics with social learning in a context of meaningful work and acceptance. This study is valuable to students and scholars of social psychology, criminology, and Judaic Studies. |