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Emily Salisbury

Director, Utah Criminal Justice Center at University of Utah
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Emily Salisbury’s research focuses on the rehabilitation, decarceration and social reintegration of women in the criminal justice system, impacting the lives of more than 50,000 women. She is the co-creator and research director of the Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA), the only peer-reviewed, validated risk and strengths instrument in the public domain. WRNA is used to measure women’s specific criminogenic needs as well as their strengths, aiding development of comprehensive case plans to keep women from cycling in and out of the criminal justice system. The WRNA is used by more than 100 international and U.S. jurisdictions, positioning the Utah Criminal Justice Center as the global research, training and technical assistance provider for the tool. The United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime endorsed the WRNA as a recommended instrument to adhere to the U.N.’s “Bangkok Rules” for the humane treatment of incarcerated women.

Salisbury served as an expert witness for civil rights commissions in the U.S. and Canada. She actively provides technical assistance to the U.S. Department of Justice and has participated in numerous media interviews; her TEDx talk on women’s prisons has over 15,000 views.

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