This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Chances program,a program that was established in 2004 in order to prevent juvenile delinquency among immigrant youth in Israel.Previous research showed that immedi...This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Chances program,a program that was established in 2004 in order to prevent juvenile delinquency among immigrant youth in Israel.Previous research showed that immediately after the program ended,all participants stopped their delinquent behavior.The current research tested the effectiveness of the program two and a half years later and explored the risk of or immunity to recidivism among graduates of the program.A sample of 145 graduates was asked to fill out a closed questionnaire examining the effectiveness of the program through self‐report questions about recidivism.The results were significant,showing that only three of the graduates(14%of the sample)continued to commit felons,while the great majority(86%)reintegrated into normative life within the community including school,employment,and army service.Fears of disappointing their tutor were found central to the discontinuation of delinquency.The graduates also attributed other elements of the Chances program to their normative behavior and reintegration into normative society.The implications of this study demonstrate that although the Chances program was designed to treat immigrant delinquent youth,its success can be relevant for treating native‐born delinquent youth as well.展开更多
Ethiopian Jews belonged in Ethiopia to a patriarchal culture,where violence against women was not only acceptable but legitimate.In extreme cases,the battered woman could appeal to the community’s elders.They functio...Ethiopian Jews belonged in Ethiopia to a patriarchal culture,where violence against women was not only acceptable but legitimate.In extreme cases,the battered woman could appeal to the community’s elders.They functioned as a semi-legal institution,acting as a barrier against extreme violence towards women and preventing incidents of intimate partner femicide(IPF).In Israel,battered women began to avoid the elders after learning that it was preferable to appeal to the social services and lodge formal complaints about violent partners with the police.Ethiopian women are overrepresented in IPF to the extent of 16 times the rate in Israel’s population.The professional literature emphasizes socio-cultural changes,such as the reversal of gender roles and status among Ethiopians in Israel,as the main risk factors in IPF.However,psychological risk factors must also be considered concerning these changes and that some Ethiopian men cannot accept them.The current article points out specific triggers and aims to address whether the collapse of the elders as a mediation mechanism has contributed to the high levels of IPF among Ethiopian women in Israel.展开更多
文摘This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Chances program,a program that was established in 2004 in order to prevent juvenile delinquency among immigrant youth in Israel.Previous research showed that immediately after the program ended,all participants stopped their delinquent behavior.The current research tested the effectiveness of the program two and a half years later and explored the risk of or immunity to recidivism among graduates of the program.A sample of 145 graduates was asked to fill out a closed questionnaire examining the effectiveness of the program through self‐report questions about recidivism.The results were significant,showing that only three of the graduates(14%of the sample)continued to commit felons,while the great majority(86%)reintegrated into normative life within the community including school,employment,and army service.Fears of disappointing their tutor were found central to the discontinuation of delinquency.The graduates also attributed other elements of the Chances program to their normative behavior and reintegration into normative society.The implications of this study demonstrate that although the Chances program was designed to treat immigrant delinquent youth,its success can be relevant for treating native‐born delinquent youth as well.
文摘Ethiopian Jews belonged in Ethiopia to a patriarchal culture,where violence against women was not only acceptable but legitimate.In extreme cases,the battered woman could appeal to the community’s elders.They functioned as a semi-legal institution,acting as a barrier against extreme violence towards women and preventing incidents of intimate partner femicide(IPF).In Israel,battered women began to avoid the elders after learning that it was preferable to appeal to the social services and lodge formal complaints about violent partners with the police.Ethiopian women are overrepresented in IPF to the extent of 16 times the rate in Israel’s population.The professional literature emphasizes socio-cultural changes,such as the reversal of gender roles and status among Ethiopians in Israel,as the main risk factors in IPF.However,psychological risk factors must also be considered concerning these changes and that some Ethiopian men cannot accept them.The current article points out specific triggers and aims to address whether the collapse of the elders as a mediation mechanism has contributed to the high levels of IPF among Ethiopian women in Israel.
