Prof Barak Ariel
- Professor of Experimental Criminology
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Barak Ariel holds a PhD in Criminology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (supervised by Professor David Weisburd), BA in Psychology from the University of New York, MA in Criminology (Hebrew University), LLB (Academic Centre of Law & Business) and LLM (Hebrew University).
Dr Ariel joined the Institute of Criminology as a postdoctoral fellow (mentored by Professor Lawrence Sherman) in 2008, and has been affiliated with the Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology and teaching on the MSt in Applied Criminology and Police Management since 2009 (as a Lecturer in Evidence-Based Policing and later as a Lecturer in Experimental Criminology). Dr Ariel has been appointed as a Reader in Experimental Criminology in 2020.
Dr Ariel is involved in evaluation research projects with a large number of criminal justice agencies around the world, specifically on organised crime, crime and place, and technology in policing. He is an advisor to several governments and police departments, including a UK Cross-Whitehall Trial Advice Panel, Several forces in England and Wales, United States, Latin America and Europe. He is the recipient of the Academy of Experimental Criminology Young Experimental Scholar Award, European Society of Criminology Young Criminologist Award and a Fellow of the Division of Experimental Criminology.
Dr Ariel is presently the Chair of the Division of Experimental Criminology (2019-2021).
Research
Barak’s interests lie mainly in policing, especially proactive policing, crime prevention, violence, crime and place, body worn cameras and technology and policing. With an extensive background in impact evaluations, his methodological approach is both quantitative and qualitative, with a focus on experimental designs.
Teaching and supervision
- Policing
- Research methods