The efficacy of sex crime and human trafficking legislations: introducing the special issue

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Ashmini G. Kerodal

Ashmini G. Kerodal works in the Division of Program Planning, Research and Evaluation at the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, where she analyzes institutional misconduct among inmates. Her research focuses on hate crimes, extremist ideology, and sex crimes.

Joshua D. Freilich

Joshua D. Freilich is a member of the Criminal Justice Department and the Criminal Justice Ph.D. Program at John Jay College. He is the creator and co-director of the United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), an open source relational database of violent and financial crimes committed by extremists in the United States. Professor Freilich’s research has been funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). His research focuses on the causes of and responses to terrorism, measurement issues, and criminology theory, especially environmental criminology and crime prevention.

Michele Galietta

Michele Galietta is a member of the Psychology Department and the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at John Jay College. She is a forensic psychologist whose research involves interventions for offenders who engage in serious self-harm and/or interpersonal violence. She has been funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and has consulted in the United States and internationally on programming in correctional and juvenile justice settings.