On Monday, January 1st, the 'Policing Terror' course by the Institute for the Study of Criminology hosted Former Shin Bet agents' operator Gonen Ben Yitzhak.

Among other duties, Ben Yitzhak was the operator of the "Green Prince", the son of the head of Hamas in the West Bank who was recruited as an agent and was a significant factor in preventing terror attacks. Read more about Course Spotlight: 'Policing Terror', Institute for the study of Criminology

Google scholar produced a list of "classic papers" based on the most cited articles in each field published ten years ago. 

David Weisburd's article "Does Crime Just Move Around the Corner?" (published in Criminology) was ranked 3rd of all Criminology articles in Google Scholar. 

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Call for Proposals - The Israeli Association of Criminology Bi-Annual Meeting
Wednesday-Thursday 17-18.5.2017
Crime, Victimization, and Law Enforcement: Local and International Perspectives Read more about Call for proposal of abstracts for the 2017 Israeli Society for Criminology Bi-Annual Meeting

Prof. David Weisburd from the Criminology Institute is the recipient of the Donal MacNamara Award for best article published throughout 2014-2015 in three leading criminal justice journals (Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice Education and ACJS Today). The award was granted to Prof. Weisburd and his two co-writers - Cody Telep and Renee Mitchell - for their 2014 article -  How much time should the police spend at crime hot spots? Answers from a police agency directed randomized field trial in Sacramento, California (Justice Quarterly, 31(5), 905-933). Read more about Prof. David Weisburd from the Criminology Institute receives Donal MacNamara Award for Criminal Justice Paper of the Year (2014-15)