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Publication Date: 1987
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Prevention of Delinquency Through Repentance: An Ethnographic Study in a Jerusalem Slum.
Hazani, Moshe
Small Group Behavior, v18 n1 p82-98 Feb 1987
Discusses observations of a group of boys who formed a study group under direction of a local charismatic rabbi in an Israeli slum. Discusses boys' transistion from delinquent to nondeliquent behavior in terms of reference group theory. Found major attracting factors of group to be warmth and caring with order and discipline. Discusses implications for delinquency prevention. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency Prevention, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Groups, Males, Preadolescents, Reference Groups
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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