Dr. Yael Litmanovitz

Researcher, Social Inclusion Team, (Family Group)

Social Inclusion

Researcher, Social Inclusion Team, Family Group, the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute (MJB), Israel’s leading center for applied social research.

Dr. Yael Litmanovitz has worked at MJB since 2021. Her primary research areas are: development and evaluation of evidence-based social interventions, evaluation of organizational reforms, and knowledge translation.

In addition to her expertise in research and evaluation methods, Yael specializes in the study of the police and policing in divided societies and the implications for Israeli society. In recent years, Yael has led several studies conducted jointly by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Police, including evaluations of the EMUN reform for the institutionalization of problem‐oriented policing on a national scale, the Police response to gun violence in the Arab society in Israel, and development of training modules for enhancing fairness and professionalism at the National Police Academy.

At MJB, Yael conducted a comprehensive evaluative study of the five-year socio-economic development plan for the Bedouin population in the Negev. At present, Yael leads an evaluative study of the national action plan to combat human trafficking.

Along with her work at MJB, Yael serves as a Teaching Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Criminology, teaching undergraduate courses as part of the Israel Police academicization program.

Yael holds a BA in Psychology and Journalism from City University of London, where she was an Olive Tree scholar, and an MA and a PhD in Social Intervention from the University of Oxford, where she was a Weidenfeld Scholar.

Dr. Yael Litmanovitz can be contacted by email at [email protected]

Research Gate profile:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yael-Litmanovitz

LinkedIn profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/yael-litmanovitz-a0685821

Arab Population

Social Inclusion

A Comprehensive Evaluation of Government Resolution 2397: The Plan for Socio-Economic Development of the Bedouin Population in the Negev for the Years 2017-2021
Dr. Yael Litmanovitz, Dr. Dafna Haran, Yoav Loeff, Zohar Or Sharvit, Arwa Majadlih
2023

This study set out to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the five-year plan: to examine the benefits of the plan to the Negev Bedouin population by drawing on an extensive range of perspectives and relying on appropriate research methods. In particular, the study aim was to shed light on how the plan was developed and tailored; to identify international best practices in reducing inequalities and strengthening community resilience, primarily regarding disempowered minorities; to examine the extent to which the plan achieved its core goals; to aid decision makers in improving future plans; and to provide the public with a reliable portrayal of the plan's development and implementation.

Social Inclusion

Public Participation in Police Organizations
Dr. Yael Litmanovitz, Irit Inbar (Aizik), Ruth Stern-Katry
2023

The objective of the study was to identify best practices of public participation in use by police organizations to inform the design and implementation of such practices by the Israel Police.

Arab Population

Improvement and Modification of the Measurement System Used by the National Authority for Community Safety for the Bedouin Population in the Negev: Research-based Consultation for the National Authority for Community Safety (Southern District)
Dr. Yael Litmanovitz, Arwa Majadlih, Dr. Dafna Haran
2023

The National Authority for Community Safety (hereinafter: the Authority) operates in local authorities across Israel to prevent violence, delinquency, and anti-social behavior as well as against drug and alcohol abuse. The Arab Population Team at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute conducted a research-based consultation for the Authority's Southern District, related to its activities among the Bedouin population in the Negev. The counselling was conducted in the course of 2022 as part of the evaluation study of the five-year socio-economic development plan for the Bedouin population in the Negev for 2017-2021. The goal of the consultation was to assist the Authority in improving its monitoring and measurement system in order to improve its ability to conduct a focused examination of the impact of its work on the target population.

Journal Articles

 Jonathan-Zamir, T., Litmanovitz, Y., & Haviv, N.  (2022). What Works in Police Training? Applying an Evidence-Informed, General, Ecological Model of Police Training. Police Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/10986111221113975

Giacomantonio, C., Litmanovitz, Y., Bennell, C., & Jones, D. J. (2022). Expressing uncertainty in criminology: Applying insights from scientific communication to evidence-based policing. Criminology & Criminal Justice. doi.org/10.1177/17488958221107325

Keydar, R., Litmanovitz, Y., Hasisi, B., & Kan-Tor, Y. (2021). Modeling Repressive Policing: Computational Analysis of Protocols from the Israeli State Commission of Inquiry into the October 2000 Events. Law & Social Inquiry, 1-31. doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2021.63

Book Chapters

Litmanovitz, Y., Weisburd, D., & Hasisi, B. (2023). Implementing Evidence-Based Policing: Findings from a Process Evaluation of the EMUN Reform in the Israel Police. In D. Weisburd, T. Jonathan-Zamir, G. Perry, & B. Hasisi (Eds.), The Future of Evidence-Based Policing (pp. 211-234). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108885737.015