Director, Utah Criminal Justice Center, University of Utah
Associate Professor, College Of Social Work

emily.salisbury@utah.edu

Publications

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Belisle, L., Salisbury, E. J. & Keen, J. (2021). Did They Move on? An Outcome Evaluation of the Gender-Responsive Program, Girls...Moving On. Feminist Criminology., 12/2021
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Belisle, L. & Salisbury, E. J. (2020). Starting with girls and their resilience in mind: Reconsidering risk/needs assessments with system-involved girls. Criminal Justice and Behavior., 12/01/2020
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Trejbalová, T. & Salisbury, E. J. (2020). Dying and misbehaving on death row: A theoretical explanation of death row misconduct. Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research., 07/2020
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Trejbalová, T. & Salisbury, E. J. (2020). Women’s Risk and Needs Assessment (WRNA) in the Czech Republic. Women & Criminal Justice. Vol. 30, 30-41., 04/2020 CZECH REPUBLIC UNITED STATES
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Boppre, B., Miethe, T., Troshynski, E. & Salisbury, E. J. (2019). Cross-national differences in women’s imprisonment rates: Exploring the conditional effects of gender inequality and other macro-level factors. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice., 12/2019 GLOBAL
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Salisbury, E. J., Sundt, J. & Boppre, B. (2019). Mapping the implementation landscape: Assessing the systemic capacity of statewide community corrections agencies to deliver evidence-based practices. Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research. Vol. 4, 19-38., 11/2019
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Boppre, B., Sundt, J. & Salisbury, E. J. (2018). The limitations and strengths of the Evidence-Based Practices Attitudes Scale (EBPAS) as a measure of correctional employees’ attitudes: A psychometric evaluation. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Vol. 62, 3947-2964., 12/2018
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Salisbury, E. J., Kalantry, S., Boppre, B., Brundige, E. & Martinez, S. (2018). Expanding the feminist pathways perspective to Latin America: A profile of women inmates in Argentina. Women & Criminal Justice. Vol. 28, 125-151., 10/2018 ARGENTINA
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Spiropoulous, G., Van Voorhis, P. & Salisbury, E. J. (2018). Programmatic moderators of CBT correctional treatment for Whites and African Americans. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Vol. 62, 2236-2258., 08/2018
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Trejbalová, T. & Salisbury, E. J. (2017). Piloting the Women’s Risk Needs Assessment in the Czech Republic: How ICPA facilitates research collaborations. Advancing Corrections: Journal of the International Corrections and Prisons Association. Vol. 2017, 144-155., 12/2017 CZECH REPUBLIC
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Sundt, J., Salisbury, E. J. & Harmon, M. G. (2016). Is downsizing prisons dangerous? The effect of California’s Realignment Act on public safety. Criminology & Public Policy. Vol. 15, 315-341., 12/2016
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Salisbury, E. J. (2015). Program integrity and the principles of gender-responsive interventions: Assessing the context for sustainable change. Criminology & Public Policy. Vol. 14, 329-338., 12/2015
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Spiropoulos GV, Salisbury EJ & Van Voorhis P (2015). Moderators of correctional treatment success: An exploratory study of racial differences. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Vol. 58, 835-60., 10/01/2015
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Salisbury EJ, Dabney JD & Russell K (2015). Diverting victims of commercial sexual exploitation from juvenile detention: development of the InterCSECt screening protocol. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Vol. 30, 1247-76., 09/01/2015
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Brennan, T., Breitenbach, M., Dieterich, W., Salisbury, E. J. & Van Voorhis, P. (2012). Women’s pathways to serious and habitual crime: A person centered analysis incorporating gender responsive factors. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Vol. 39, 1481-1508., 01/2012
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Wright, E. M., Van Voorhis, P., Salisbury, E. J. & Bauman, A. (2012). Gender-responsive lessons learned and policy implications for women in prison: A review. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Vol. 39, 1612-1632., 01/2012
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Van Voorhis, P, Wright, E. M., Salisbury, E. J. & Bauman, A. (2010). Women’s risk factors and their contributions to existing risk/needs assessment: The current status of a gender-responsive supplement. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Vol. 37, 261-288., 01/2010
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Salisbury, E. J., Van Voorhis, P. & Spiropoulos, G. (2009). The predictive validity of a gender-responsive needs assessment: An exploratory study. Crime & Delinquency. Vol. 55, 550-585., 01/2009
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Salisbury, E. J. & Van Voorhis, P. (2009). Gendered pathways: A quantitative investigation of women probationers’ paths to incarceration. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Vol. 36, 541-566., 01/2009
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Van Voorhis, P, Salisbury, E. J., Wright, E. M. & Bauman, A. (2008). Achieving Accurate Pictures of Risk and Identifying Gender Responsive Needs: Two New Assessments for Women Offenders.. US Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections., 01/2008
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Wright, E. M., Salisbury, E. J. & Van Voorhis, P. (2007). Predicting the prison misconducts of women offenders: The importance of gender-responsive needs. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. Vol. 23, 310-340., 01/2007

Media

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Dr. Emily Salisbury, Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Utah, Director of Utah Criminal Justice Center, co-creator of Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) system, and expert on women + incarceration. Dr. Salisbury shares her own life story, how she got into academia, how she became interested in women + incarceration, she talks about her research and findings, and so much more. , 11/2021
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: "NJ paying $1.3M to consultant to advise on women’s prison." Associated Press., 05/07/2021
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: "Video Visits At Utah State Prison Connect Incarcerated People And Their Loved Ones During The Pandemic." KUER 90.1, 04/23/2021