“’You Become Lost in Your Own Chaotic World:’ Incarcerated Women’s Perspectives on Their History of Substance Use”
“’You Become Lost in Your Own Chaotic World:’ Incarcerated Women’s Perspectives on Their History of Substance Use”
Laura Lutgen-Nieves Taylor Petty Kaitlin Brown a University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USAb University of Southern Indiana, USALaura Lutgen-Nieves is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She earned her PhD in Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center. Her research expertise lies at the intersection of public health and the criminal legal system, focusing on evidence-based interventions to promote change in the physical and mental well-being of those impacted by the system.Taylor Petty is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Southern Indiana. She earned her PhD in Psychology and Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research explores racial biases in the juvenile justice system, focusing on how characteristics of the decision-maker interact with case factors to impact legal decisions.Kaitlin Brown is a graduate student in the Master’s in Criminal Justice program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Her research interests rest with adverse and positive childhood experiences, victimology, and corrections.