Family, Justice, and Delinquency

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By Brenda Geiger and Michael Fischer

Foreword by Hans Toch

ISBN: 0-313-29458-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29458-7

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168 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 1/30/1995

List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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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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