Prof. Uri Timor

Research in progress:

Co-authors – Dr. Meir Karmon and Dr. Ronit Peled-Laskov (lecturers in the in the Ashkelon Academic College.                                                          

Major publications:

1. Timor, U. & Landau, R. (1998). Discourse characteristics in the sociolect of  repentant criminals”. Discourse & Society, 9(3), 364-386.
2. Timor, U. (1998). Constructing a rehabilitative reality in special religious wards in Israeli prisons. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative           Criminology. 42(4), 340-359.
3. Timor, U. (2000). Violence as a by-product of the school system, Poor formal, informal and personal controls: A study of violent student  behavior in Israeli high schools. The International Journal Of Educational Reform, 9(4), 335-342
4. Timor, U. (2001). "Balagan" – Delinquency as a result of lack of center of norms and consciousness. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 45(6), 730- 748
5. Timor, U. & Shoham, E. (2004). Rehabilitating discharged prisoners in kibbutzim: A qualitative study. Israeli Studies in Criminology, 8, 78-121
6. Frid, N., Timor, U. & Ronel, N. (2009). The benefits of the Vipassana program in promoting the rehabilitation of  prisoners in Israeli Prisons. Glimpse into Prison: Crimes  and Penalties in Israel – Theory and Application, 13, 65-76. (In Hebrew).
7. Ronel, N., Chen, G., Timor, U. & Elisha, E. (2011), Retorno – therapeutic Jewish community for Treatment of Addictions. Ramat-Gan: The Bar Ilan University Press. (In Hebrew).
8. Timor, U. & Shoham, E. (2013). Attitudes towards the reentry of ex-prisoners among several groups in the Israeli society- Qualitative research. Israeli Criminology, 3, 81-117.  
9. Dilmon, R., & Timor, U. (2014). The Narrative of Men Who Murder Their Partners: How Reliable Is It? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, , 58, 1125-1149.
10. Timor, U., Ben-Baruch, S. & Elisha, E. (Eds.), (2015). Youth in Balagan: Juvenile delinquents in Israel—prevention, enforcement, and rehabilitation. Jerusalem: Magnes . (In Hebrew).