Her teaching and research specialties are law, criminology, punishment, family, and childhood. Combining these specialties, her “Fragile Fatherhood” research project looks into parenthood practices within criminal subcultures and while under mass correctional supervision. In a more recent project, Campos-Holland is studying drug related organized-crime in Mexico, with a focus on cartel conflicts, the public display of homicide victims, and the emerging narco related music.