The elasticity of the law. Treating girls in distress in Israel through the shadow of the law

The article examines the use of the shadow of the law' by a welfare agency in Israel, as a quasi-legal therapeutic technique in the treatment of adolescent girls defined as at risk'. The method employs the threat of invoking the Youth Act, which empowers a judge to force minors to undergo...

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Main Author: Ajzenstadt, Mimi (Author)
Contributors: Steinberg, Odeda
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1995
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 1995, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 236-247
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