Mally Shechory Bitton December, 2016

Mally Shechory Bitton December, 2016

MALLY SHECHORY BITTON

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Mally Shechory Bitton

Address and telephone number at work: Ariel University

Address and telephone number at home: Grizim, 4 , Kochv Yair, 44864.

Tel. +972-9-7494732 (Home); +972-50-8922295 (Mobile); E-mail:

EDUCATION

Year / Degree / Institution
1981-1984 / B.A. / Bar-Ilan University
1995-1998 / M.A (Magna cum laude) / Bar-Ilan University
1998-2002 / Ph.D. / Bar-Ilan University
M.A. Thesis / Distinguishing characteristics between rapists and child molesters
Supervisor: / Prof. Sarah Ben- David
Ph.D. Research / Effect of stereotype, suggestion and ethnic origin on memory
Supervisors: / Prof. Israel Nachson and Prof. Joseph Glicksohn
2005-2007 / Post Doctoral Research / Institute of Criminology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Subject / Victim Offender Mediation
Supervisor: / Prof. Hans-Jurgen Kerner

Professional Training

2002-2004 / Family Therapy (certificate) / Social work department, Tel Aviv University

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Year / Appointment
2012-- / Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Ariel University, Ariel
2011-2013 / Senior Lecturer, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel
2011-2014 / Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University
2010-2011 / The head of theoretical track in M.A. studies, Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University
2009-2011 / Full time Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University
2009-2011 / On leave - Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel
2002-2008 / Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University
2007-2009 / Senior Lecturer, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel
2002-2007 / Coordinator, Department of Criminology, Ariel University Center of Samaria Senior Lecturer, Ariel
2002-2007 / Lecturer, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel
1997-2002 / Assistant, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Positions in academic administration

2013-- / Vice Rector, Ariel University
2010-2011 / The head of theoretical track in M.A. studies, Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University
2002-2007 / Coordinator, Department of Criminology, Ariel University Center of Samaria Senior Lecturer, Ariel

Other Activities

2013-- Responsible for preventing sexual harassment, Ariel University

2012-2013 Students Disciplinary Committee, Ariel University

Additional Information

1984-1991 / Police investigator, Investigation and crime department, Israel Police.
1991-1995 / Private investigator, Moked Investigation Company, Tel Aviv.

PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS OUTSIDE UNIVERSITIES/INSTITUTIONS

2004-2011 / Chair, Israeli Society of Criminology
2004-- / Member of the Israeli Society of Criminology
2007-- / Lecturer, International course in Victimology, Interuniversity Center of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2006 / Member – Working group 2, COST 21, European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - Restorative Justice Developments in Europe
2010-- / Member of the executive committee, Keshet (Association for the advancement of correction services)
2014-- / Member of the European Society of Criminology
2012-- / Official inspector in Prisons on behalf of the Minister of Internal Security
2016-- / Member of the research committee, Prisoner Rehabilitation Headship (RASH).
Editorial Activities
Associate Editor, Israeli Criminology (Hebrew)
Reviewer
Annals of Psychology
Child Abuse & Neglect
Crime and Delinquency (Hebrew)
European Journal of Criminology
International Journal of Human Resource
Journal of Adolescent Research
Journal of Homosexuality
Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Personality and Individual Differences
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
Social Issues in Israel (Hebrew)
Stress and Health
Society and Welfare (Hebrew)
Zohar – Glimpse into prison – Crimes and Penalties in Israel (Hebrew)

COURSES TAUGHT (During the years)

Name of course / level / Institution(s)
Criminological theory / B.A. / Ariel University
Family Violence / B.A. / Ariel University
Sexual offences / B.A. / Ariel University
Juvenile delinquent / B.A. / Ariel University
Gender and Crime / B.A. / Ariel University
Victimology / B.A. / Ariel University and Bar Ilan University
Women and Crime / B.A. / Ariel University and Bar Ilan University
Issues in forensic psychology / B.A. / Ariel University and Bar Ilan University
Psychological investigation / B.A. / Ariel University and Bar Ilan University
Memory and Eye Witness / B.A. / Ariel University and Bar Ilan University
Memory and Eye Witness / M.A. / Bar Ilan University
Violence and Aggression / M.A. / Bar Ilan University
Victims: Diagnosis and Treatment / M.A. / Bar Ilan University
Leading Groups / M.A. / Bar Ilan University

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Victimization and criminal behavior: Sex offenders and their victims; ideology-based delinquency among youth; Terror victims; Family violence; Forensic Psychology.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Editorship of books published

Shechory Bitton, M., & Hovav, M. (2015). (Eds.). Young men and women at risk: Vulnerability, resilience and social support. Jerusalem: Carmel [Hebrew].

Hovav, M. & Shechory Bitton, M. (2014). (Eds.). Social services in the age of privatization: Policy and implementation. Jerusalem: Carmel [Hebrew].

Soen, D., Shechory, M., & Ben David, S. (2012). (Eds.). Minority Groups: Coercion, Discrimination, Exclusion, Deviance and the Quest for Equality. N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Shechory, M., Ben David, S., & Hovav, M. (Eds.). (2010). Treating Sex Offenders in Israel: Challenges for Identifying, Characterizing and Conducting Treatment. Jerusalem: Carmel [Hebrew].

Shechory, M., Ben David, S., & Soen, D. (Eds.). (2010). Who pays the price? Foreign workers, Society, crime and the law. N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Peer reviewed chapters in edited book

1. / Shechory, M. & Ben David, S. (2012). Social Dominance, Family System and Deviance among Immigrant Youth in Israel. In D. Soen, M. Shechory & S. Ben David. (Eds.). Minority Groups: Coercion, Discrimination, Exclusion, Deviance and the Quest for Equality (pp. 247-263). N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
2. / Shechory, M., Ben David, S., & Jakob, B.R. (2012). Restorative justice and victim offender mediation in Israel. In D. Miers and I. Aertsen, (Eds.), Regulating restorative justice: A comparative study of legislative provision in European Countries (pp. 246-267). Frankfurt am Main: Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaft
3. / Laufer. A. & Shechory-Bitton, M (2013). Forced displacement and its implications on youth's distress and posttraumatic growth. In K. Jaishankar & N. Ronel (Eds.). Global Criminology (pp.253-268). London New York: CRS Press (Tylor & Francis Group).
4. / Shechory, M. (2014). Victim offender mediation in Germany. An analysis of three consecutive years of the VOM-statistic. In: P, Shafer & E.G.M. Weitekamp.(Eds.). Establishing Victimology (433-453). Germany: Hochschule Niederrhein University and Sozialwesen University.
5. / Idisis, Y. & Shechory, Bitton, M. (2014). Day center for the Sex-Offenders treatment in the community: A preliminary evaluation study in Israel. In: Hovav, M. & Shechory Bitton, M. (Eds.). Social services in the age of privatization: Policy and implementation (pp. 97-121). Jerusalem: Carmel [Hebrew].
6. / Shechory, Bitton, M. (2014). Follow-up study after treated sex offenders in day center in the community. In: Hovav, M. & Shechory Bitton, M. (Eds.). Social services in the age of privatization: Policy and implementation (pp. 123-141). Jerusalem: Carmel [Hebrew].
7. / Shechory Bitton, M.(2014). When you say "No" Do you mean it? Males rape myths among police officers and students. In: Y. Wilchek-Aviad & Y. Mazeh (Eds.). Silenced Violence: Men as Victims (pp. 205-219). Ariel: Ariel University (Hebrew).
8. / Kamel,D. & Shechory-Bitton, M. (2015). Arab girls at risk: Self-harm, conservatism and self-control aggression. In: M. Shechory-Bitton & M. Hovav (Eds.). Young men and women at risk: Vulnerability, resilience and social support. (pp. )Jerusalem: Carmel [Hebrew].
9. / Shechory-Bitton. M. & Ronel, N. (2015). Posttraumatic growth and positive victimology: The case of ultra Orthodox Jewish women who resided in a shelter for battered women. In: N. Ronel & D. Pugach (Eds.). Positive Criminology (pp.250-260). UK: Taylor & Francis Books.

Books Chapter published before last promotion

1. / Ben-David, S., & Shechory, M. (2008). The social reaction to sex offenders: punishment, control and relapse prevention. In E. Shoham (Ed.), The supervision of sex offenders in Israel: Punishment versus treatment (pp. 183-197). Tel-Aviv: Perlstein Genosar [Hebrew].
2. / Laufer, A., & Shechory, M. (2008). Alienation and emotional distress among relocation youth following the Gaza disengagement. In N. Ronel, K. Jaishankar & M. Bensimon (Eds.), Trend and issues in Victimology (pp. 222-241). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
3. / Shechory, M., & Ben-David, S. (2008). Distinguished characterization among rapists and child molesters In E. Shoham (Ed.), The supervision of sex offenders in Israel: Punishment versus treatment (pp. 91-112). Tel-Aviv: Perlstein Genosar [Hebrew].
4. / Shechory, M., Ben-David, S., & Balahur, D. (2008). Children and youth reactions to acute and continuous external stress – terrorist attacks. In D. Balahur (Eds.). Children's rights to education and information in a Global World. (pp. 79-96). Romania: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi.
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Shechory, M., Ben-David, S. & Idisis, Y. (2008) Sex offenders and sex offenses in Israel and around the world: Legislation, supervision, treatment and rehabilitation. In Mell, H., Hovav, M & Golan, M. (Eds). Addiction, violence and sexual offenders: Mandatory treatment. (pp 421-443) [Hebrew]. Jerusalem: Carmel.

6. / Shechory, M. & Idisis, Y. (2008). Rape myths and gender stereotypes towards sex offenders' victims among women and men. In: Y. Kim, Y. Bar Zohar & L. Eden (Eds.). Victimology: Law enforcement sex and society (pp. 265-280). Tel Aviv: Masada. [Hebrew].
7. / Shechory, M. & Ziv, R. (2009). Gender-roles attitudes and role divisions according to sexual orientation. In: Handbook on Gender Roles: Conflicts, Attitudes and Behaviors (pp. 271-282). J. H. Urlich & B. T. Cosell (Eds.). N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.
8. / Shechory, M., Ben-David, S. and Soen, D. (2010). Introduction. In: M. Shechory, S. Ben-David, and D. Soen (Eds): Who Pays the Price? Foreign Workers, society, Crime and the Law. Pp. 1-7. New York: nova Science Publishers, Inc.
9. / Shechory, M., Ben-David, S. and Hovav, M. (2010). Introduction. In: Shechory, M., Ben-David, S. and Hovav, M. (Eds): The Treatment of Sex Offenders in Israel. pp. 11-19. Jerusalem: Carmel.
10. / Shechory, M. (2012). Interviewing biases: stereotypes and suggestion among police investigators and civilians in Israel. In: R. Peled., E. Shoham., & M. Carmon (Eds.). False convictions in Israel. (pp. 141-175). Tel-Aviv: Perlstein Genosar [Hebrew].

Refereed articles published since last promotion

1. / Shechory, M. (2013). Attachment, coping, and romantic feelings among battered women in
Shelters. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 57(4), 425-444.
2. / Shechory Bitton, M. (2013). The impact of repetitive and chronic exposure to terror attacks on Israeli mothers’ and children‘s functioning. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 50(3), 157-163.
3. / Shechory, M. & Ben Shaul, D. (2013). Perceptions and attitudes to sexual harassment: An examination of gender differences and the gender composition of the harasser-target dyad.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 2136-2145.
4. / Shechory, M., Weiss, J. & Weinstain, R. (2013). Anxiety, aggression and antisocial behavior among adult offenders. Israeli Criminology, 2, 39-63. (Hebrew with English abstract). (קרימינולוגיה ישראלית, אינדקס חיפה)
5. / Shechory, M., Weiss, J. & Weinstain, R. (2013). Differentiating offenders by index offence and personality inventories: The characteristics of adult probationers in Israel. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 57(3), 312-331.
6. / Shechory Bitton, M. (2014) A Glimpse into the world of battered ultra-orthodox jewish
women in Israel: A follow-up study on women who resided in a shelter. Health Care for
Women International ,35(4), 400-422.
7. / Shechory Bitton, M. (2014). PTSD, post- traumatic growth, and coping among ultra-orthodox jewish battered women in Israel. Journal of Loss & Trauma. 19(2), 155-172.
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8. / Shechory Bitton, M. & Ben David, S. (2014). Elaborations on sexual assault on dates among
Israeli students: risk, detrimental effect and resiliency factors. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 58(12), 1500-1519.
9. / Shechory-Bitton, M., & Cohen Medina, H. (2014). Patterns of problematic Internet use among adolescents in out-of home compared to adolescents who live in parental homes. Social Issues in Israel, 17, 115-140 (Hebrew with English abstract). (סוגיות חברתיות בישראל, אינדקס חיפה)
10. / Shechory-Bitton, M. & Kamel, D. (2014). Pathways to crime and risk factors among Arab female adolescents in Israel, Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 363-369.
11. / Shechory-Bitton, M. & Ben David, S. (2014). Intergenerational differences in parenting styles of mother-daughter dyads among immigrants and a native-born Israelis. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 45, 1453-1470.
12. / Shechory-Bitton, M. (2014). The past and the present as viewed by orthodox religious battered women who were in a shelter. Israeli Criminology. 3, 119-148. (Hebrew with English abstract). (קרימינולוגיה ישראלית, אינדקס חיפה)
13. / Shechory-Bitton, M. & Ben David, S. (2014). Fear of crime and of terrorism among residents of Judea and Samaria versus residents of central Israel. Judea & Samaria Research Studies, 23, 329-347. [Hebrew]. (אינדקס חיפה)
14. / Shechory-Bitton, M., Ben David, S., & Sommerfeld, E. (2015). Effect of ethnicity on parenting styles and attitudes towards violence among Jewish and Arab Muslim Israeli Mothers: An intergenerational approach. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46 (4), 508-524.
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16. / Shechory Bitton, M., & Laufer, A. (2015). Evacuation following missile attacks, distress and behavioral problems among children in southern Israeli communities. Society and Welfare, 35(2), 203-230. (Hebrew with English abstract). (חברה ורווחה, אינדקס חיפה)
17. / Shechory-Bitton, M., & Rajpurkar, S. (2015). Therapeutic crisis intervention system in residential care for children and youth: Staff knowledge, attitudes, and coping styles. Children and Youth Services Review, 56, 1-6.
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19. / Shechory Bitton, M., & Zvi, L. (2015). Does offenders’ facial attractiveness affect police officers’ judgment?. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2015.1084660
On line first: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13218719.2015.1084660
20. / Shechory-Bitton, M. (2015). Battered Women in Orthodox Communities in Israel: Social Support, PTS symptoms and coping styles. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
On line first:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15377938.2015.1015198?af=R&journalCode=wec
21. / Shechory Bitton, M, & Soen, D. (2016). Community cohesion, sense of threat, and fear of crime: The refugee problem as perceived by Israeli residents. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice.
On line first: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15377938.2016.1187237
22. / Shechory-Bitton, M., & Cohen Louck, K. (2016). Does fear of terrorism differ from fear of crime and sexual assault: A question of geographical location and residential Area International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. On line first: http://ijo.sagepub.com/content/early/recent.
23. / Sommerfeld, E. & Shechory Bitton, M. (2016). Sheltered women's perceptions of their abusive marital relationship: Conflictual themes of dominance and submissiveness. Health Care for Women International, 37(7),760-72.
24. / Soen, D. & Shechory Bitton, M. (2016). Tel-Aviv-South: No man's land or the first African
Republic in Zion, Hagira: Israel Journal of Migration, 6, 135-154. (Hebrew with English abstract). (הגירה, אינדקס חיפה)
25. / Shechory Bitton, M. & Silawi, Y. Do Jews and Arabs differ in their fear of terrorism and crime: The Israeli case. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/0886260516674198
On line first: http://jiv.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/10/17/0886260516674198.full.pdf?ijkey=OTG937kIbOLWDib&keytype=finite

Refereed articles published before last promotion