Inna Levy

• PhD
• Senior Lecturer at Ariel University

This study examines the assumption that aspects of fear of crime (fear of rape and sense of insecurity) predict fear of terrorism. The online survey included 754 Israeli respondents, who answered questions about their demographic characteristics, fear of terrorism, fear of crime indicators (fear of rape and sense of insecurity), locus of control (L...

Objective: This study identifies the psychological mechanism that predicts happiness in mass trauma times by testing a model that includes coping styles, anxiety, stress, and function. Method: The survey comprised 509 respondents who answered questions about their demographic characteristics and ranked their happiness, stress, anxiety, function, an...

This study identifies the key themes in online commenting on news reports about gas rig placements near Israel’s coastline. We employed an inductive thematic analysis to study 1276 comments and three main themes emerged from the analysis: (a) views on protesting against the rigs; (b) criminal labels; and (c) dangers of nearshore rigs. Although the...

This study examined the effects of ethnicity on victim-blaming in a case of stabbing by addressing victim and offender ethnicity as well as observer ethnicity and religion. Jewish (n = 285), Muslim Arab (n = 249), and Christian Arab (n = 51) students from Israeli universities and colleges read a single stabbing scenario, in which we manipulated vic...

To explore the interrelationship between terrorist acts, terrorist ethnicity and observer gender, and cultural background in Israel, we recruited 211 participants aged 19-75. The majority were male (63%). As for the ethnic and religious cultural background, 40% were Jewish, 40% Druze, and 20% Muslim. The participants answered questions about their...

Objective: This study investigated the mediating impact of negative and positive self-labeling and stress on the relationship between fear of terrorism and happiness in the aftermath of national trauma. Method: An online survey included 844 Israeli citizens who answered questions about their demographic characteristics, happiness (trait and state),...

This study examines the relationships between public punitiveness toward terrorists and factors such as terrorist act type, harmfulness, terrorist ethnicity, and gender, and participant’s authoritarian tendencies. An online survey with 679 Israeli Jewish and Arab participants manipulated terrorist act type, harmfulness, gender, and ethnicity. Parti...

This paper attempts to evaluate how massive religious festival celebrations can encourage the faster spread of any pandemic according to our problem statement, such as the case of COVID-19. For example, we evaluate Israel’s three major religions, namely Judaism, Christianity, and the Islamic festival celebrations, respectively. Firstly, we have the...

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This study examines the assumption that aspects of fear of crime (fear of rape and sense of insecurity) predict fear of terrorism. The online survey included 754 Israeli respondents, who answered questions about their demographic characteristics, fear of terrorism, fear of crime indicators (fear of rape and sense of insecurity), locus of control (L...

Purpose This interdisciplinary study explores attitudes toward health-related misbehaviors from a criminological point of view by comparing attitudes toward COVID-19 misbehaviors to the attitudes toward reckless behaviors related to driving and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients’ sexual behavior and identifying the predictors of attitudes...

This study examines central themes in therapists’ interpretations and reactions to aggressive behaviors by youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 therapists working with youth with ASD and used interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis indicated three main themes: (1) Internal vs. ext...

Objectives This study explores the inter-relationship between emotional distress in adults and gender, quarantine experiences, pandemic duration, and employment. Methods An online cross-sectional online survey comprised 943 Israelis. The link to the survey was distributed via different personal and academic social networking sites (e.g., Facebook,...

Objective: This study employs the life course perspective to explore the lived experience of grandparents who have no contact with their grandchildren following parental alienation. Background: Parental alienation (PA) represents situations in which a child becomes estranged from one parent because of the manipulation of another parent. The estran...

This study examined a model that focused on the association between attitudes toward food fraud (AFF) and such factors as food safety concerns, self-labelling as a victim and national culture. The online survey included 106 German and 363 Israeli respondents and questionnaires on attitudes toward food fraud, food safety concerns, self-labelling as...

הפרסומים החדשותיים כי שיה לה-באף, שחקן ובמאי אמריקני, נאנס על ידי אישה, עוררו תגובות רבות בקרב גולשים באתרים חדשותיים. המחקר הנוכחי ניתח את הטוקבקים שנכתבו בתגובה לפרסומים בנושא. המטרה של הניתוח הייתה לבחון תימות מרכזיות בתגובות השליליות כלפי גבר שנאנס על ידי אישה. הניתוח התימתי האינדוקטיבי הניב שתי תימות מרכזיות: האשמת הקורבן ודחיית סיפור האונס. ה...

This study aims to assess the impacts of the continuous pandemic state, gender and employment status on changes in substance use during the COVID-19 outbreak. A sample of 828 Israelis participated in an online survey and answered questions on demographic characteristics, ranking their substance consumption, and perceived increase in alcohol/drug co...

Aims Only several empirical studies have examined substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic in general populations. Most of these studies compared self-reported substances use before the pandemic and during the pandemic's early stages. This study aims to identify the changes in substance use between the early and later waves of the COVID-19 pandem...

This study investigates whether crime type and severity, as well as offender, observer, and victim characteristics predict public attitudes towards capital punishment in Israel. We surveyed Israeli citizens by phone. A random and representative sample of 594 participants, ages 20-74, read scenarios illustrating crimes and were asked about their per...

This study aims to identify the significance of age and employment to individual function during COVID-19. An online survey included 509 Israeli citizens, ages 18-78, who reported individual function, depression, fears related to COVID-19 and demographic characteristics. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis showed a good fit between our mode...

The current study examined the influence of gender on perceived credibility in an international drug trafficking setting. Two hundred law students (approximately half female) assessed a suspect's credibility in a drug trafficking investigation. The participants read a transcript provided by either a male or a female suspect and rated a suspect as t...

This paper attempts to evaluate how massive religious festivities celebrations can encourage the faster spread of any pandemic, such as the case of COVID-19. For example, we evaluate Israel's three major religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and the Islam festivities celebrations. Firstly, we have the traditional Jewish festivities celebrations...

The current research examines the contribution of crime type and severity as well as offender, observer, and victim characteristics to the prediction of community correction (CC) public support. We conducted a telephone survey among Israeli citizens from August through November 2018. A random and representative sample of 573 respondents, ages 20 to...

This paper attempts to evaluate how massive religious festivities celebrations can encourage the faster spread of any pandemic, such as the case of COVID-19. For example, we evaluate Israel's three major religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and the Islam festivities celebrations. Firstly, we have the traditional Jewish festivities celebrations...

Objective: COVID-19 is the current viral pandemic. Its consequences are multifaceted and refer to individual and public physical, mental, and economic states. Therefore, viral outbreaks raise many fears and concerns, both among policymakers and individuals. In light of these fears, we explore the central aspects of viral victimization, compared to...

Objective: Rape-survivor identity is a sign of recovery and positive therapeutic progress among rape victims. This study is one of the few to focus on factors predicting self-labeling as a survivor among self-acknowledged rape victims by evaluating the contribution of time span of the rape narrative, rape terminology, and expression of faith. Meth...

Purpose The current research focused on attitudes toward food fraud (AFF) and examined the impact of types of food fraud, gender differences, and country of residence. Design/methodology/approach A convenience sample of German ( n = 151) and Israeli ( n = 496) participants was recruited through an online survey. They filled out a sociodemographic...

In 2018, the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) approved the preliminary version of the "Death Penalty for Terrorists" Law. The aim of this research is to examine support for the death penalty among the Israeli public and to clarify the correlation between the support for the death penalty and variables such as crime type, and respondents' gender and pol...

ב-2018 אושר בקריאה טרומית "חוק עונש מוות למחבלים". המחקר הנוכחי בוחן האם הציבור הישראלי תומך בעונש מוות, והאם יש תלות בין התמיכה בעונש מוות לבין סוג העבירה ומאפיינים סוציו-דמוגרפיים של המשיבים. המחקר התבסס על מדגם של 573 משיבים. המאפיינים הסוציו-דמוגרפיים של המדגם דומים לאלה של האוכלוסייה הישראלית כפי שהם מצטיירים מנתוני הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה (2...

This study focuses on the effects of victim/offender ethnic affiliation and cultural background of observers on attitudes toward offenders. To examine the effect of cultural background, we compared offender attribution among Christian Arabs (n = 51), Muslim Arabs (n = 249), and Jews (n = 285). The participants were students from several Israeli uni...

High levels of risk perception of terrorism (RPT) may impair an individual's quality of life and welfare. To understand the mechanisms responsible for RPT, this study investigated the association of gender and coping styles with individual differences in two key elements of RPT: perceived control and perceived vulnerability. A convenience sample of...

The full text (view-only version) is available on http://rdcu.be/Hd1H: The present study explored social responses toward male victims of female-perpetrated rape by analyzing 505 comments posted on www.theGuardian.com in response to the report that Shia LaBeouf, an American actor and director, was raped by a woman. Using inductive thematic analysi...

PDF file with the presentation that was based on the following paper: Levy, I., & Reuven, J. (2017). Predicting punitive discipline techniques among instructors working with juvenile inmates: Instructors' ethnicity, religiosity and belief in a just world. Child & Youth Care Forum, 46 (4), 519‐537. doi: 10.1007/s10566‐ 017‐9393‐2

Background The type of disciplining adolescent wards residing in juvenile residential care facilities receive from staff members has a significant impact. The tendency to use abusive disciplinary techniques can negatively affect the wards, whereas, supportive and positive disciplinary measures tends to contribute to their rehabilitation and wellbei...

Objectives (at the end of the abstract link to full version): This research explores the relationship between parental immigration-related trauma and second-generation adolescent substance abuse. To examine this relationship, we focused on Ethiopian adolescents in Israel who are at risk for substance abuse. Many immigrants from Ethiopia experienced...

Objectives. This research explores the relationship between parental immigration-related trauma and second-generation adolescent substance abuse. To examine this relationship, we focused on Ethiopian adolescents in Israel who are at risk for substance abuse. Many first-generation immigrants from Ethiopia experienced severe immigration trauma and re...

The aim of the present study was to examine factors that affect educational instructors’ attitudes toward juvenile inmates in corrective educational facilities. Educational instructors play an important role in the rehabilitation of juvenile inmates, and their attitudes may affect the adolescents’ chances of rehabilitation. We adopted an ecological...

פשיעה בקרב זרים ומהגרים מעוררת בדרך כלל דאגה רבה בציבור הרחב, והתיאוריות תומכות בטענה שקיים קשר בין הגירה לפשיעה. בשל התחושה כי בשנים האחרונות פשיעה בקרב זרים מאפריקה נעשתה בעיה חברתית, מטרת המחקר הנוכחי היא לאפיין את פשיעת הזרים מאפריקה ולהשוות בין היקף פשעיהם לבין היקף הפשיעה באוכלוסייה הכללית בישראל. לצורך המחקר נעשה שימוש בקובץ נתונים שהתקבל מה...

Book of abstracts from the International conference on "Crime scene: Offender, victim and bystander", March, 2015, Ariel, Israel

The abstract refers to the research report for the Israel Anti Drug Authority. The research examined the factors related to the use of psychoactive substances among second generation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Among the independent variables we included the trans-generational transmission of trauma and acculturation.

Objective: This research is one of the few that compared volunteers' professional quality of life (PQL), which includes secondary traumatic stress (STS), burnout, and compassion satisfaction (CS) to those of professional caregivers. In addition, the research compared the ethical behavior of volunteers and to that of professional therapists and exam...

This study is one of the few that has compared volunteers’ professional quality of life (PQL), which includes secondary traumatic stress (STS), burnout, and compassion satisfaction (CS), to those of professional caregivers. In addition, the research compared the ethical behavior of volunteers with that of professional therapists and examined the co...

מטרת המחקר הנוכחי הייתה לבחון את הקשר שבין העברה בין־דורית של טראומת ההגירה וסגנון תירבות לבין צריכת חומרים פסיכואקטיביים בקרב בני נוער יוצאי העדה האתיופית. הרציונל של מחקר זה מבוסס על חקר התופעה של העברה בין־דורית שמתבטאת בנטייה של הילדים לאמץ דפוסי התנהגות בלתי מסתגלים המאפיינים את הוריהם. בנוסף, התייחסנו לקשר שבין ההסתגלות התרבותית של בני הנוע...

The main aim of the curent research was to examine factors influencing blaming of male victims. Blaming is a common social responce towards victims, and it can manifest itself in negative attitudes towards victims. Most of the studies that examined this subject focused on social response towards female victims of rape and only few examined blaming...

The main aim of the curent research was to examine factors influencing blaming of male victims. Blaming is a common social responce towards victims, and it can manifest itself in negative attitudes towards victims. Most of the studies that examined this subject focused on social response towards female victims of rape and only few examined blaming...

This presentation describes the study that has compared volunteers’ professional quality of life (PQL), which includes secondary traumatic stress (STS), burnout, and compassion satisfaction (CS), to those of professional caregivers. In addition, the research compared the ethical behavior of volunteers with that of professional therapists and examin...

הנושא של פשיעת זרים בישראל ובמיוחד הפשיעה של המסתננים מאפריקה הפך לאחרונה לאחת הסוגיות שמעסיקות את החברה הישראלית. הדיווחים בתקשורת יוצרים תחושה של עלייה בשיעור העבירות ובחומרתן; תושבי השכונות, שהמסתננים מתגוררים בהן, חוששים לצאת לרחובות בשעות הערב; חוקרים ואנשי מקצוע מנסים להעריך את היקף הבעיה; והפוליטיקאים מנסים למצוא פתרונות ל"בעיית הזרים". במשט...

Contemporary victimology recognizes that an understanding of the mechanism of blaming requires a comprehensive approach that includes the victim, the offender, and the bystander. However, most of the existing research on blaming focuses on the victim and the offender, ignoring the issue of bystander-blaming. This study highlights the bystander and...

Contemporary victimology recognizes that an understanding of the mechanism of blaming requires a comprehensive approach that includes the victim, the offender, and the bystander. However, most of the existing research on blaming focuses on the victim and the offender, ignoring the issue of bystander-blaming. This study highlights the bystander and...

הנושא של פשיעת זרים בישראל ובמיוחד הפשיעה של המסתננים מאפריקה הפך לאחרונה לאחת הסוגיות שמעסיקות את החברה הישראלית. הדיווחים בתקשורת יוצרים תחושה של עלייה בשיעור העבירות ובחומרתן; תושבי השכונות, שהמסתננים מתגוררים בהן, חוששים לצאת לרחובות בשעות הערב; חוקרים ואנשי מקצוע מנסים להעריך את היקף הבעיה; והפוליטיקאים מנסים למצוא פתרונות ל"בעיית הזרים". במשט...

Sexual harassment is a dangerous social phenomenon, and is one form of women's discrimination, and manifestation of hierarchical power perception of gender relationships. The fact that sexual harassment is still a topic of concern and a focus of Victimological research signifies that sexual harassment is still an ongoing phenomenon in civil organiz...

התחושה בציבור הישראלי שהשחיתות השלטונית והארגונית מתפשטת ותוצאות מדדי השחיתות של שבי"ל והבנק העולמי, מחזקים את הדרישה להגברת המאבק בתופעה שלילית זו. לעתים, הצעד הראשון בחשיפת השחיתות נעשה על-ידי המתריעים בשער )Whistleblower(, שלהם תרומה חשובה למאבק בשחיתות ולשיפור השקיפות של רשויות השלטון וארגונים אחרים. במחקר הנוכחי מנותחת הפסיקה של בתי הדין לעבוד...

This chapter reviews theoretical and empirical literature on victimblaming and raises the issue of bystander-blaming. The review shows that research has traditionally focused on only the victim in victim-blaming. The reality, however, is much more complex. As Cohen (1993) states, almost every crime scene involves a triad: the victim, the offender a...