Susan Dewey is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at The University of Alabama who uses immersive, community-based participatory research methods to understand violence, vulnerability, and criminal justice institutions. She is author/editor of 16 book-length works and over 100 articles and reports, with this research supported by the National Science Foundation, Census Bureau, Department of Justice, and Fulbright-Hays, UN Women, Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Microsoft Philanthropies, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, the Correctional Education Association, and the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research.Brittany VandeBerg is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama, where she researches violence and resilience with a particular focus on gender. VandeBerg is a special assistant to the United Nations International Law Commission Special Rapporteur for Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea and a former consultant with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Counter Piracy Programme and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Somalia Fisheries Sector.