Rate My Professor Katie Hail-Jares

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.