Meghan Sacks, Ph.D, a former US Probation Officer in New York City then left to earn her PhD from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Now part of the Criminology department at Fairleigh Dickinson University, she teaches classes on Women and Crime, Serial Killers, and Crime Policy at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her research interests include bail reform, plea bargaining, sentencing policy and corrections. She has published her work in several journal articles and periodicals, co-authored two books and contributed to several more.