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Meghan Sacks earned her Ph.D at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is currently the Criminology Program Director at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she teaches courses on women and crime, criminological theory, crime policy analysis and serial killers. Her research on the criminal justice system and policy has been published in several academic journals, as well as two books. Prior to her academic career, Meghan served as a United States Probation Officer in the Southern District of New York.

Amy Shlosberg earned her Ph.D at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she teaches a variety of courses including wrongful convictions, offender reentry and reintegration, race and crime, data analysis and research methods. Her primary research focuses on the negative implications of incarceration and issues surrounding reentry, with an emphasis on policy and procedural reform. Her works has been published in several notable academic journals, such as Albany Law Review, Deviant Behavior, and Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.