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פרופ' נתי רונאל

דוא"ל
roneln@biu.ac.il
אתר אישי
קורות חיים

Date of Birth: November 12, 1958 

Marital Status: Married + 2 

Education:

1984 - BA Psychology + Humanities Program for Outstanding Students, Tel Aviv University

1995 - Ph.D. in Criminology (Direct program for outstanding students), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Dissertation: Narcotics Anonymous in Israel - Self-help and faith processes among drug addicts

Mentor: Prof. Menachem Amir

1996 - Post-Doc – School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University

The development of moral reasoning among substance dependents in recovery

Mentor: Prof. Meir Teichman

 Additional Information

  • Developing of an original spiritual model of intervention entitled "Grace Therapy", a professional practice of the 12-Step Program. Constructing a corresponding training course for professional, for the Israell Antidrugs Authority, Ministry of Welfare, The Prison Authority and more. This model is growingly adopted by hundreds of professionals in Israel.
  • Defining and developing the Positive Criminology perspective. Leading a positive criminology research group in Bar-Ilan university.    

Links:

Personal web site

מחקר

  • Spiritual criminology and spiritual intervention and rehabilitation

  • Positive criminology, positive victimology

  • Forgiveness therapy

  • Victimology

  • Recovery and rehabilitation

  • Addiction treatment

  • Self help groups and 12-step program

קורסים
  1. Offender Reahbilitation
  2. The Twelve-step program and GracwWay
  3. Addiction treatment and prevention
פרסומים

 Recent Publications

Books 

  1. Ronel, N., & Segev, D. (2015)(eds.). Positive Criminology. London & New York: Routledge, .

  2. Ronel, N.  (2019). The Twelve Tools: A spirit of change. Haifa: Pardes (Hebrew).

  3. Ronel, N. (2021). Release from dependency: A bridge over the powerlessness. Ramat Gan: Focus (Hebrew).

  4. Ben Yair, I., & Ronel, N. (2024). Spiritual Jewish criminology: Theoretical perspective and applications for offender rehabilitation. Springer.

Chapters in Books

  1. Ronel, N. (2020). Preface. In S. Kewley, S. Pemberton & M. Rahman, Preventing Sexual Harm: Positive Criminology and Sexual Abuse. London, UK: Routledge.

  2. Elisha, E., & Ronel, N. (2022). Offender rehabilitation from the positive criminology perspective: From theory to practice. In E. Elisha, A. Zelig, & U. Timor (eds.), The rehabilitation of offenders: Theory and application (pp. 49-66). Tel Aviv: Resling (Hebrew).

Articles in Refereed Journals/Periodicals

  1. Chen, G., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2020). A mixed-methods study of self-change among severely substance-dependent Israelis: Does gender make a difference? Addiction Research & Theory. DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2020.1724971

  2. Chassid – Segin, M., Ronel, N., & Gueta, K., (2020). Toward a typology for normative functioning drug users: Justifications, types of abuse, and levels of functioning. Journal of Drug Issues, 50(3), 242-258. DOI: 10.1177/002204262091615

  3. Chen, G., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2020). Does Self-Change Occur Among Severely Dependent Substance Users? Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 52(4), 357-365. DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2020.1767832

  4. Diamond, S., Ronel, N. & Shrira, A. (2020). From a world of threat to a world at which to wonder: Self-transcendent emotions through the creative experience of Holocaust survivor artists. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. DOI:

    10.1037/tra0000590

  5. Benisty, M., Bensimon, M., & Ronel, N. (2020). Familial pains of imprisonment: The experience of parents and siblings of incarcerated men. Victims & Offenders. DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2020.1810187
  6. Inbar-Frohlich, T., Bensimon, M., & Ronel, N. (2020). Families of animal rights activists as a basis of support for ideological delinquency – a phenomenological study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X20944694
  7. Einat, T., Zemel, O., Ronel, N., & Ben-Aharon, M. (2020). Psychological acceptance, perceived locus of control, and abstention or desistence from delinquent behavior among at-risk adolescents. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1080/10509674.2020.1827120
  8. Gueta, K., Chen, G., & Ronel, N. (2020). Maintenance of Long-Term Recovery from Substance Use: A Mixed Methods Study of Self- and Treatment-Changers. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 28(5), 511-522. DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2020.1800592.
  9. Gueta, K., Cohen-Leibovich, Y., & Ronel, N. (2021). “Even crap can become fertilizer”: The experience of volunteering at sexual assault crisis centers for women victims of sexual assault. Feminism & Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/095935352095514.
  10. Elisha, E., Guetzkow, J., Shir-Raz, Y., & Ronel, N. (2021). Retraction of scientific papers: The case of vaccine research. Critical Public Health, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2021.1878109
  11. Amitay, G., Kamel, D., & Ronel, N. (2021). Sufi non-doing offender rehabilitation: Positive and peacemaking criminology in practice. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X21990782.

  12. Chassid – Segin, M., Ronel, N., & Gueta, K. (2021). Maintaining normative functioning alongside drug use: The recognition of harms and adoption of change strategies. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X211049180.

  13. Chassid – Segin, M., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N., (2021). Drug risk perception and risk management strategies among Israeli functioning drug users: A qualitative exploration. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1993142.

  14. Gueta, K., Chen, G., & Ronel, N. (2021). Trauma-oriented recovery framework with offenders: A necessary missing link in offenders’rehabilitation. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 63(101678) (Invited paper for a special issue).

  15. Amitay, G., & Ronel, N. (2022). The practice of spiritual criminology: A non-doing companionship for crime desistance. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 67(4), 420-441.

  16. Elisha, E., Guetzkow, J., Shir-Raz, Y. & Ronel, N. (2022). Suppressing Scientific Discourse on Vaccines? Self-perceptions of researchers and practitioners. HEC Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-022-09479-7.

  17. Shir-Raz, Y., Elisha, E., Guetzkow, J., Martin, B., & Ronel, N. (2022). Censorship and suppression of COVID-19 heterodoxy: Tactics and counter-tactics. Minerva, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-022-09479-4
  18. Flint, T., & Ronel, N. (2022). From deprivation to capital - spirituality and spiritual yearning as recovery capital from PTSD. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 32(3), 325–345.
  19. Elisha, E., Guetzkow, J., Shir-Raz, Y. & Ronel, N. (2022). Going Against the Flow:  Motivations of Professionals with Critical Views on Vaccination. Temida, 25(2), 155-178.
  20. Ohayon, S., & Ronel, N. (2022). Multi-dimensional recovery and growth among the homeless: A positive criminology perspective. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X221144292
  21. Inbar-Frohlich, T., Ronel, N., & Bensimon, M. (2022). The influence of lawbreaking animal rights activists on their family members: The familial-ideological spin model. Journal of Crime and Justice, 45(5), 662-682. DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2021.2016474

  22. Elisha, E., & Ronel, N. (2023). Positive psychology and positive criminology: Similarities, differences and between. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 34(1), 8-19. DOI: 10.1177/08874034211065992.

  23. Eytan, S., & Ronel, N. (2023). From looking for reason to finding meaning: A spiritual journey of recovery from sexual trauma. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/08862605221145723

  24. Ben Yair, I., Hemo, K., York, A., & Ronel, N. (2023 – on-line). The contribution of volunteering to volunteers’ life – the case of volunteering beneficiaries turned volunteers. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X231165424

  25. Flint, T., & Ronel, N. (2023 – on-line). Post-traumatic stress disappointment: Disappointment and its role in PTSD. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X231206520 (2025, 69(6-7) 835–852)

  26. Eytan, S., & Ronel, N. (2023). Learning a lesson: Spiritual attributions of sexual trauma and revictimization. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 67(13-14), 1343-1361. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X231165423

  27. Eytan, S., & Ronel, N. (2023). Spiritual Victimology: Basic Principles. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 69(6-7), 762-778.

  28. Ohayon, S. & Ronel, N. (2024) A Kantian perspective on agency in addiction: Cultivating freedom, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 42(3), 293–302. DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2024.2310270
  29. Inbar-Frohlich, T., Ronel, N. & Bensimon, M. (2024). The relationships between law-breaking and law-abiding ideological animal rights activists and their parents and spouses. Society & Animals. DOI: 10.1163/15685306-bja10190

  30. Flint, T., & Ronel, N. (2024). From the bottom to the sublime: Spiritually based recovery from PTSD. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work, 43 (2), 234-259. (SJR: Q1, Art & Humanities, Religious Studies, 72/710) DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2024.2324794

  31. Ben Yair, Y., Ohayon, S., Ronel, N., & Freedman, S. (2024). Exploring forgiveness through theologically informed education: Lessons from Judaism. Education Sciences, 14(9), 926. (SJR: Social Sciences, Education, Q1, 377/1597) https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090926
  32. Ben Yair, I., Enright, R., & Ronel, N. (2024). Theological-sensitive therapy: The eight keys to forgiveness based on Jewish scriptures. Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Advance online publication (SJR: Health Professions, Q1, 246/ 771). https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000371
  33. Shavidze, S., Ronel, N., & Gueta, K. (2024). Reframing powerlessness in the addiction recovery process. Journal of Drug Issue, online. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426241300915
  34. Elbaz, A., Ronel, N., & Gueta, K. (2025). “Like a steak at a vegan village”: Adaptability as a cornerstone in stable recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2025.2520513
  35. Ohayon, S., & Ronel, N. (2025). The Moral Voice in Addiction and the Self. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 170. (SJR: Psychiatry & Mental Health Q1, 93/601; Medicine, Misc. 254/2524) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2025.209624
  36. Ohayon, S., & Ronel, N. (2025). Moral judgment and reasoning in addiction and recovery. Journal of Drug Issues. DOI: 10.1177/00220426251370601

 

 Accepted for Publication

  1. Elbaz, A., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. “Like a Steak in a Vegan Village”: Adaptability as a cornerstone in stable recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2025.2520513
  2. Wynne, K., & Ronel, N. Unconditional hope: Advocating for hope within a positive criminological perspective. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X251382602 (SJR: Art & Humanities Q1, 365/5038; misc. 133/774)

תאריך עדכון אחרון : 21/10/2025