Rate My Professor Katie Hail-Jares

Dr. Katie Hail-Jares is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University and a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute. She earned her PhD in Justice, Law, and Criminology from American University. Her academic career includes a postdoctoral fellowship in epidemiological criminology at the Griffith Criminology Institute from 2016 to 2020, a research associate position at Georgetown University, and teaching roles at American University, Georgetown University, and Griffith University. As Student Engagement Coordinator in her school, she contributes to student support and supervision of research projects on topics such as homelessness and criminal offending.

Dr. Hail-Jares' research examines how criminalizing behaviors affects the health of individuals and communities, specializing in epidemiological criminology, hidden populations, and research ethics. Her work addresses street-based sex work, youth couchsurfing and homelessness, wrongful convictions, violence-related deaths post-youth justice contact, self-harm among incarcerated LGBTQ+ individuals, and psychological distress in hidden youth populations. She served as lead editor for the book Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work (Temple University Press, 2017). Key peer-reviewed publications include "Queer Young People and Couchsurfing: Entry Pathways, Service Provision, and Maintenance Strategies" (Youth, 2023), "Pathways into Couchsurfing from Child Safety Involvement" (International Journal on Homelessness, 2023), "Violence-Related Death in Young Australians After Contact With the Youth Justice System" (2023), "Self-harm and suicide attempts among incarcerated lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Australia" (2023), "Psychological distress among young people who are couch-surfing" (2021), "The Impact of Non-victim Correspondence on Parole Board Decisions" (2021), "False Rape Allegations: Do they Lead to a Wrongful Conviction Following the Indictment of an Innocent Defendant?" (2020), and "Intimate-Partner and Client-Initiated Violence among Female Street-Based Sex Workers in China" (2015). With 25 research works and 275 citations documented on ResearchGate, her scholarship influences understandings of public health intersections with criminal justice.