Research:

1. Victimology: Post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth among terror victims; Combat stress reaction; Music therapy with terror victims.

2. Aggression, crime and music: Music in prison; Dangerous music; Collective singing and violence.

3. Family members of offenders.

The areas of research in which I am involved are unique in their interdisciplinary nature, drawing from criminology, as well as from victimology and musicology/music therapy. The contribution of the research projects which I have undertaken in various fields of interest and a variety of methodologies (incorporating quantitative, qualitative and mixed method paradigms) include studies focusing on: post-traumatized terror victims, group music therapy for post-traumatized victims, theory in victimology. In addition, several articles contribute to the field of aggression, crime and music and include studies dealing with the impact of relaxing music on prisoners' levels of anxiety and anger, the meaning of music for prisoners, rap music in gangs and "Problem Music".