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60 J. Offender Rehab. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/wjor60 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION 2021, VOL. 60, NO. 1, 1-18 https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2020.1827122 Routledge Taylor& Francis Group Intervention and rehabilitation methods with offenders-from the Jewish scriptures to the criminological field Yitzhak Ben Yair ` The Department of Behavioral Science, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel KEYWORDS faith-based programming; rehabilitation; religion; spirituality; humility Love your neighbor as yourself - I am God (Leviticus 19:18; KJV) Introduction: theoretical rationale For thousands of years, the holy scriptures of the world's major religions and spiritual traditions have formed the behavioral basis for most human beings on the planet. An international survey examining the religiosity and religious affiliation of various populations in more than 200 countries found that 84% of children and adults belong to a certain religious group, namely, live their lives according to a religious or spiritual paradigm of some kind (Pew Research Center, 2014). This survey, as well as many CONTACT Yitzhak Ben Yair Izikcc@gmail.com Department of Behavioral Science, Zefat Academic College, P.O.B 160, 11 Jerusalem St., Zefat, Israel. C 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC