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Family, Justice, and Delinquency
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Brenda Geiger, Michael Fischer
Foreword by Hans Toch
Book Code: GM9458
ISBN: 0-313-29458-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29458-7
168 pages, figures, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/1995
List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Family Studies
Series Number: 16
Description: Geiger and Fischer examine, within a Rawlsian perspective, several child-rearing institutions affecting children. Justice as fairness would consider a child-rearing institution and its inequalities as fair if there are no alternative arrangements under which the prospects of least-advantaged children could be improved. Among these least-advantaged children are those who are neglected, abused, and stripped of self-respect. As the nuclear family disintegrates, the authors ask whether it can fulfill its child-rearing function. Utilizing a self-report study conducted on socialization and delinquency in Israel as well as several other observational studies, the authors demonstrate that in a more egalitarian structure such as the kibbutz, least-advantaged children have more opportunities to develop into autonomous responsible individuals. For Americans, the kibbutz educational system shows new paths for change from nursery school through high school that would allow for greater bonds between the family, school, work, and the community. An emerging sense of community would also stimulate the moral and intellectual growth of disadvantaged youth. This book is recommended to researchers and policy makers in the areas of education, delinquency, and social welfare.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Hans Toch
  • Introduction
  • The Original Position
  • Children's Rights
  • Children's Fate in Western Society
  • The Kibbutz Egalitarian Society
  • Social Conformity and Deviance: Kibbutz versus Nuclear-Family Children
  • Moral Autonomy
  • Implications for Americans
  • Appendix A: U.N. Declaration of the Rights of the Child
  • Appendix B: Self-Report Research Instrument
  • Appendix C: Questionnaire
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 94-27943
LCC Class: HQ759
Dewey Class: 649
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