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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

, occupation = , years_active = , era = , employer = , organization = , agent = , known_for = , notable_works = , style = , height = , television = , title = * Mildred and Benjamin Berger Chair in Criminology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *President of the

Open University of Israel The Open University of Israel ( he, האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, ''Ha-Universita ha-Ptuha'') is a distance-education university in Israel. It is one of ten public universities in Israel recognized by the Council of Higher Education (CH ...

, term = , predecessor = , successor = , party = , movement = , opponents = , boards = , criminal_charges = , criminal_penalty = , criminal_status = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Mimi Ajzenstadt (מימי אייזנשטדט; born September 24, 1956) is an Israeli

criminologist Criminology (from Latin , "accusation", and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'' meaning: "word, reason") is the study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioural and so ...

who was named the Mildred and Benjamin Berger Chair in Criminology at

, and is the President of the

Biography

Ajzenstadt earned a

B.A Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

. in Education/

Arabic Language Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

(1980), a Teaching Certificate in Arabic Language (1982), and an M.A. in Criminology (1984) from

, a Ph.D. in Criminology from

Vancouver, Canada Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...

in 1992, and was a post-doctoral fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992 to 1994, researching the

sociology of law The sociology of law (legal sociology, or law and society) is often described as a sub-discipline of sociology or an interdisciplinary approach within legal studies. Some see sociology of law as belonging "necessarily" to the field of sociology, ...

and the

sociology of deviance Deviance or the sociology of deviance explores the actions and/or behaviors that violate social norms across formally enacted rules (e.g., crime) as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores). Although devi ...

."Mimi Ajzenstadt, Professor,"
The Open University of Israel. Beginning in 1994 Ajzenstadt taught at the Hebrew University in the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law, and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, becoming a full professor in 2012 and Dean of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare in 2014. She was named the Mildred and Benjamin Berger Chair in Criminology. She is the President of the

, having been elected in 2018. Ajzenstadt was a book review editor (2003 to 2006) and a member of the Editorial Board (2003 to 2009) of the ''

Israel Law Review The ''Israel Law Review'' is the oldest Israeli law journal published in English. In ''Great American Lawyers, an Encyclopaedia'', it is referred to as being among "the most prestigious of scholarly journals". The journal focuses on Israeli law a ...

''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ajzenstadt, Mimi Simon Fraser University alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty Presidents of universities in Israel Israeli criminologists Israeli women criminologists Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Open University of Israel faculty Living people Sociologists of deviance 1956 births