Dr. Barak Ariel - Biography

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Jerry Lee Fellow in Experimental Criminology and Teaching Associate in the Police Executive Programme

B.A. (Psychology, cum laude), M.A. (Criminology); LL.B.; LL.M., Ph.D. (Criminology); Admitted to the Israeli Bar (2007)
Jerry Lee Fellow in Experimental Criminology and Teaching Associate in the Police Executive Programme

Biography

Barak Ariel is a lecturer in the Police Executive Programme. Among other topics, Barak provides seminars on systematic reviews, meta-analyses and statistical analyses.

As a research fellow of the Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology, Barak is the chief analyst for the Tactical Effectiveness and Strategic Testing (TEST) programme, in which a series of randomized field experiments are conducted in partnerships between Cambridge University and several police forces in the UK, such as Greater Manchester Police.

Barak is working in collaboration with Professor Lawrence Sherman and Dr. Heather Strang on Restorative Justice Trials, as well as in collaboration with Professor David Farrington on blocked randomised experiments. Barak is also working on a series of systematic reviews on tax compliance and the effect of arrest in domestic violence (for the Campbell Collaboration), as well as other methodological issues related to experiments in Criminology.

For his PhD dissertation (mentored by Stockholm Prize winner, Professor David Weisburd), Barak has conducted a large-scale randomized controlled experiment on tax compliance, with nearly 17,000 subjects in their natural setting.

Barak has provided lectures for students in both the MA Criminology program and the LL.B. and LL.M. degrees at the Hebrew University, as well as several Criminology and Law courses at various colleges in Israel.