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Social Control, Delinquency, and Victimization among Kibbutz Adolescents

School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel

Ruth Zeira

Bureau of Social Services, Emek Jezre’el Regional Council, Israel

An index based on Hirschi’s theory designed to measure social control in kibbutz society was applied to a random sample of 440 high school students in the kibbutzim of Northern Israel. The delinquency variable was measured by self-report on the frequency of two illegal behaviors condemned by adult kibbutz society but not excessively stigmatized by the youth: driving without a license and stealing from the kibbutz mini-market. Victimization was measured by self-report on incidents during the past year involving person or property. Seventy percent of the participants in the study reported having committed at least one offense. Approximately 80% reported at least one victimization. At the bivariate level, the social control index generated weak but statistically significant negative correlations with both delinquency and victimization.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 43, No. 4, 503-513 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X99434008


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