Reform Through Community: Resocializing Offenders in the Kibbutz

by Michael Fischer and Brenda Geiger

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313279314
• ISBN13: 9780313279317
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"