Decker's primary research focus has been on criminal justice policy, gangs, violence, and the offender’s perspective.

Victor Mora is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. Victor's research interests include policing, group processes, and deviant groups.

Shi Yan is an assistant professor at ASU's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His research focuses on guilty pleas, sentencing, and risk issues in criminal justice context. He has a Ph.D. from UAlbany. For more info, https://iamshiyan.com.

Juan Rocha is an attorney in private practice. For six years, he was a federal public defender. He practices immigration and criminal law. He has written extensively about crimmigration law. He is a lecturer at the ASU School of Law.