Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond Fear: The Crimes Podcast. We are so excited to share this new

season with you. This time around, we will be diving deeper into critical issues related to crimes.

Many of the episodes feature people directly impacted by these topics. Guests include experts as well as

people that are directly impacted by them.

We are also excited to announce that we have joined the Article III podcasting network. During this

episode, we talk to Dr. Meghan Sacks and Dr. Amy Schlosberg - co-founders of Article III and co-hosts of

the popular podcasts Direct Appeal and Women and Crime. Meghan and Amy join us to discuss how this

partnership came about and we also analyze the case of Ellie Nesler. Meghan and Amy recently did a

deep dive into this case on an episode of Women and Crime and we highly recommend that you check it

out before listening to this episode.

Here we give you our take as criminologists and break down many of the themes that run throughout

Beyond Fear including the ripple effects of sexual harm, the impact on survivors, as well as the criminal

legal response to crimes and more!

We hope you enjoy it and stick with us as we continue to move Beyond Fear!

Please follow this link for a direct download of the episode.

Be sure to check out Meghan and Amy’s podcasts Women and Crime and Direct Appeal.

Guest Bios

Meghan Sacks, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the criminal justice Graduate Program Director at

Fairleigh Dickinson University. She teaches classes on Women and Crime, Serial Killers, and Crime Policy.

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. Meghan received her PhD and master’s from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Prior to her academic career, Meghan served as a United States Probation Officer in the Southern

District of New York. She is also the co-creator and co-host of two true crime podcasts: Women & Crime

and Direct Appeal.

Amy Shlosberg, Ph.D., is Department Chair and an Associate Professor of Criminology at Fairleigh

Dickinson University. Her primary research focuses on miscarriages of justice, the negative implications

of incarceration and issues surrounding reentry, with an emphasis on policy and procedural reform. Her

works in this area have been accepted for publication in several academic journals, including the Albany

Law Review, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Psychology, Crime & Law, Wrongful Conviction Law

Review and Criminal Justice Policy Review. She is also the co-creator and co-host of two true crime

podcasts: Women & Crime and Direct Appeal.

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