This qualitative research examines gender differences in offenders’ability to negotiate a positive identity once the pejorative labels of criminal, prostitute, drug dealer, and incompetent parents have been imputed onto them. In-depth semi-structured focused interviews were conducted with purposeful information-rich sample eight male female offenders. Content analysis reveals that males much more adept than offenders at juggling conventional street norms justify and/or resist stigmatizing...

This study examined the extent to which a multiethnic sample of 900 Israeli high school students supported date-rape and victim-blaming attitudes predictors such support. Findings indicate wide support for stereotypes justifying sexual coercion by time location date, victim’s behavior, minimization seriousness date rape. A regression analysis indicates that students’ gender age are strongest rape-tolerant attitudes. Socioeconomic status religious orientation explain small proportion variance...

Eleven female drug-court participants looked at current and past experiences to assess their program envision future innovations. From these women's perspective, the strongest component of drug court was being surrounded by staff dedicated progress recovery. Graduated supervision accurate testing were appreciated rather than resented when not humiliated treated with respect. Wraparound services, resources, referral; treatment facilities that accepted children; individualized plans therapy...

Based on in-depth qualitative interviews, this article gives the opportunity to 145 sixth graders tell, in their own words, how they felt and reacted when verbally emotionally abused by classmates. Content analysis of interviews revealed gender differences students’ reactions verbal aggression. Another interesting finding was differentiation between aggressive messages meant be for fun from those that were not so based (1) contextual cues, (2) other peers’ reaction, (3) malleability personal...

This study examines the process of identity negotiation for Israeli female ex-convicts who were separated extensive periods time from their children and eventually lost custody over them. The content analysis in-depth interviews reveals that these women able to reconstruct biographies retrospectively account crimes drug addiction in terms sexual, physical, economic abuse they had endured by appeal higher loyalties, provide for. However, when having fallings as mothers, all biographical...

More than just numbers and statistics are needed to understand what works in drug court. This article stresses the importance of qualitative studies that take an inside look from perspective court participants find out why how works. Focused interviews, participant observation, analysis video-taped interactions were vehicles used capture subjective experience 11 female clients a California To foster empowerment promote strategies services reinforce treatment goals, sanctions must be...

Mizrahi female offenders have been described as passive victims propelled into crime, prostitution, and drug abuse a result of traumatic childhood life course experiences. This qualitative study adopts postmodern critical orientation Foucault's bottom-up microsocial analysis power to examine the trajectories resistance 8 who break silence tell their story. Analysis narratives, informal conversations, more focused, in-depth interviews with these women allow deconstruction stereotype helpless...

This study invited 10 of the 22 sex offenders enrolled in a prison-based rehabilitation program one prisons Israel to engage two first 4-D ( Discover, Dream, Design, and Deliver) stages Appreciative Inquiry . Consistent with responsivity principle, IA tenets, participants were interviewed Discover components which they responsive Dream/envision additional ones that would increase engagement progress. Content analysis interviews indicated despite initial decision enrol based on external...

This qualitative research turns to 24 male members of the Ethiopian Jewish community living in Israel probe their feelings and thoughts concerning changes that have occurred traditions postmigration, gain insight into disproportionate rise domestic murder subsequent suicide committed by males community. During semistructured interviews conducted Amharit, interviewees opposed dominant discourse cast as pathologies resulting from males’ failure assimilate. In a resistant discourse, they...

This qualitative study addresses the issue of cultural transition Arab women who for first time leave their secluded villages and traditional society in Northern Galilee to access Western-style Israeli institutions higher education located region which they will Hebrew, second language. uses several models acculturation order better understand these women's experience acculturation, diversity, ethnic identity at times discrimination as come into contact with students belonging a diversity...

In this study 11 police first responders revealed during in-depth interviews their experience of managing critical incidents terrorist attacks. On the way to site, they reported getting ready, preparing for worst and freezing all feelings act as were trained do. Once on site performed, in a robot-like manner, operations needed prevent further casualties make safe rescue vehicles. dead wounded safely evacuated engaged reconstruction allowed public return daily activities. home professional...

Abstract This research examines the accounts of 10 out 22 incarcerated sex offenders undergoing therapy in one prison‐based sex‐offender rehabilitation units Israel and their ability to renegotiate reality reject stigmatisation maintain a favourable identity. The participants had been convicted either child molestation or date/statutory rape against an acquaintance. differentiation was maintained when analysing individual interviews conducted prison. Prior provision accounts, establish...

This study examines the process of identity negotiation 15 Muslim women who resisted severe abuse by their husbands and extended family becoming mentally ill thereafter, divorcing. Content analysis interview narratives shows that these were poor, married young, endured years battering, isolation, silencing for sake honor children’s well-being. Entrapped within a web sociocultural norms legitimizing wife beating, abusive relationships annihilate voice branding them as maj’nuna/insane,...

This research examines two modes of assessment environmental health risks and the transformation these into public issues while relying on specific case well‐water toxicity mega dose electromagnetic radiation found in one prosperous town center Israel – Ramat ha‐Sharon. Based official scientific documentation interviews conducted at three time periods with randomly selected residents from contaminated neighborhoods (N = 169), this study shows discrepancy between 'objective' experts'...

Foreword by Hans Toch Introduction The Original Position Children's Rights Fate in Western Society Kibbutz Egalitarian Social Conformity and Deviance: versus Nuclear-Family Children Moral Autonomy Implications for Americans Appendix A: U.N. Declaration of the Child B: Self-Report Research Instrument C: Questionnaire Notes Bibliography Index