CURRICULUM VITAE Full name: Revital Sela-Shayovitz Address: 14 Mevo Tidhar St. Mevaseret Zion, Israel 90805 Tel: + 972-2-5334538 E-mail revital28s@gmail.com Fields of Professional Interest Youth Violence and deviance, Youth gangs, Non-formal Education, Gender Differences, Terror and Crime, Crime and Media Positions Held 2014 Assistant Professor, Head of Non-formal Education Department, David Yellin Academic College; Lecturer in the Graduate Education Program. 1999-present Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of the Criminology Institute, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University; Courses taught: Terrorism and Crime; Youth Violence and Deviance; Crime and Media. Education 2001 Ph.D., Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University. 1989 M.A. Magna cum laude Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University 1985 B.Ed. Special Education, David Yellin Academic College of Education 1
Academic Activities Research Fellow 2009-2013 Eurogang - International Research Group of Youth Gangs 2005-2011 Crime Group, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2008 International Research Group on Control of Violence and Terror, Bielefeld University, Germany 2005-2008 Center for Strategic Research and Policy, IDF National Security College Supervisor of MA and PhD Dissertations 2005-2013 Supervisor of MA and PhD dissertations, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Co-editor and Review of Academic Journals 2012 Co-editor of academic journal The Circle of Education, Research Essays, Literary Works, volumes 3 (Hebrew). 2007-2009 Co-editor of academic journal - BaMichlala, Research Essays, Literary Works, volumes 21 and 22 (Hebrew). 2005-2013 Review of articles for academic journals: Social Forces, Terrorism & Political Violence, Police Practice and Research, Megamot (Hebrew), Police & Society, BaMichlala (Hebrew). Awards and Scholarships 2010 Research Grant for study - Media spotlighting counterterrorism policing, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University. 2009 Research Grant for study - Israeli neo-nazi youth gang, David Yellin Academic College of Education. 2
2004 Outstanding Lecturer (student feedback), Graduate School of the Criminology Institute, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University. 2004 Research Grant for study - Young drivers involvement in traffic violations and reckless driving, Mofet Institute of Research. 2004 Research Grant for study - Young drivers involvement in traffic violations and reckless driving, Israeli Association of Criminology. 1999 Doctoral Fellowship of Excellence, Israeli Association of Academic Women. 1998 Doctoral Fellowship of Excellence, Israeli Association of Academic Women. 1989 Award of Excellence at Graduation, Faculty of Law, Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University. Publications 1. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (in press). Terrorism events, the Second Intifada and juvenile crime in Israel. In O. Timor & S. Ben Baruch (Eds.). On the edge: Juvenile Delinquency Prevention, Enforcement and Rehabilitation. Bar-Ilan University (Hebrew). 2. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (in press). Social - educators' perceived self-efficacy in dealing with youth at risk. In S. Romi & E. Grupper (Eds.). Promotion of Children and Youth in Israel in Risk Situations. Bar-Ilan University and Mofet Institute (Hebrew). 3. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (in press). "They are all good boys" - The role of the media in social construction of gang rape. Feminist Media Studies. 4. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (in press). The Neo-nazi movement in the 21st century. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism. 3
5. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2014). Counterterrorism and the media. The Encyclopedia on Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: Springer. pp 658-664 6. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2014). Police legitimacy under the spotlight: Media coverage of police performance in the face of a high terrorism threat. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 7. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2012). The impact of globalization, migration and social group processes on neo-nazi youth gangs. In F.A. Esbensen & C. Maxson (Eds.). Youth Gangs in International Perspective: Tales from the Eurogang Program of Research (pp. 295 310). New York: Springer. 8. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2012). Gangs and the Web: Gang Members Online Behavior. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 28, 389-405. 9. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2012). Online risk behaviors among children and youths. Circles of Education - Research Essays and Literary Works, 2, 53-63. (Hebrew). 10. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2011). Neo- Nazis and moral panic: The emergence of Neo- Nazi youth gangs in Israel. Crime, Culture &Media, 7 (1), 67-82. 11. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2011). "It's not just dealing with the bullying students; rather it's also their parents": Teachers perceptions of self-efficacy in dealing with parents of bullying students and victims. Journal of Education Research, 5(1),1-15. 12. Sela-Shayovitz, R. & Hasisi, B. (2011). Public order events in the headlines: The media construction of threat and dangerousness of public order events in Israel. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 13 (4), 1-15. 4
13. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2010). The role of ethnicity and context: intimate femicide rates among social groups in Israeli society. Violence against Women, 16, 1424-1436. 14. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2010). External and internal terror: The effects of terrorist acts and economic changes on intimate femicide rates. Feminist Criminology, 5, 135-155. 15. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2010). The representation of Palestinian women suicide bombers in the Israeli media. Megamot Journal of Research in Behavioral Sciences, 1, 61-80. (Hebrew). 16. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2009). Social control in the face of security and minority threats: the effects of terrorism, minority threat, and economic crisis on the law enforcement system in Israel. The British Journal of Criminology, 49(6), 772-787. 17. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2009). Dealing with School Violence: The effect of training for prevention of school violence on teachers' perceived self-efficacy in dealing with violent events. Teaching and Teacher Education, 25, 1061-1066. 18. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2008). Young drivers perceptions of peer pressure, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and involvement in road accidents. Criminal Justice Studies, 21 (1), 3-14. 19. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2007). Youth violence at discotheques and rock concerts: The effects of gender, alcohol consumption, and school framework. In F. Columbus (Ed.). Criminology: Research Focus. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 295 310. 5
20. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2007). Suicide bombers in Israel: Their motivations, characteristics, and prior activity in terrorist organizations. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 1(2), 160-168. 21. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2004). Risk factors among young drivers. In Shai A. & R. Burstein (Eds.).The Itai Zimran Book. Jerusalem: David Yellin Academic College of Education Publishers, pp. 173 182 (Hebrew). 22. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2007). Female suicide bombers: Israeli newspaper reporting and the public construction. Criminal Justice Studies, 20, 197-215. 23. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2007). Book review: "Teacher, don t say that we are a failure : The place of the educational system and the community in the development of a resistant sub-culture, by M. Karnieli. Megamot Journal of Research in Behavioral Sciences, 4, 778-780. (Hebrew). 24. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2007). Youth leisure activity: Rap and heavy metal music video clips and violent behavior. Bamichlala Research Essays and Literary Works, 19, 149-168. (Hebrew). 25. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2006). Adolescent preference for violence in television shows and music clips. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 13, 99-112. 26. Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2005). The effects of the second Intifada, terrorist acts, and economic changes on adolescent crime rates in Israel: A research note. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 4, 477-493. 27. Cavaglion G., & Sela- Shayovitz, R. (2005). The cultural construction of contemporary satanic legends in Israel. Folklore, 116, 255-271. 6
28. Sela- Shayovitz R. & Cavaglion, G. (2005). Media reportage on Cult of Satan and heavy metal music in Israel. Mifgash - Social Education Review, 20, 109-136. (Hebrew). 29. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2005). The impact of violent computer games on children, Bamichlala Research Essays and Literary Works, 18, 161-176. (Hebrew). 30. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2004). School for aggression: Types of adolescent aggression in school students and school dropouts. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 11,303-316. 31. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2004). Aggressive behavior in adolescents: Effects of gender, age and education. Police & Society, 8, 75-95. (Hebrew). 32. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2003). Youth violence at discotheques and rock concerts. Mifgash Social Education Review, 17, 45-65. (Hebrew). 33. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2003). Adolescent preferences for violence in television shows and music video clips. Mifgash Social Education Review, 18, 9-25. (Hebrew). 34. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2000). Rock music and teenagers. Bamichlala - Research Essays and Literary Works, 11, 163-175. (Hebrew). 35. Sela-Shayovitz, R. (1999). The perception of adolescent youth regarding the effect of video clips on violent behavior. Mifgash Social Education Review, 12, 27-45. (Hebrew). 7