{"product_id":"reform-through-community-michael-fischer-9780313279317","title":"Reform Through Community: Resocializing Offenders in the Kibbutz","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFischer 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Fischer,Brenda Geiger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313279314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313279317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.40w x 0.88d","brand":"Michael Fischer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241033085183,"sku":"9780313279317","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3824edbc-5455-4ab7-aacc-dfd73600e3f0.jpg?v=1772652464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reform-through-community-michael-fischer-9780313279317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}