She received her Ph.D. in Justice Studies from the School of Justice & Social Inquiry at Arizona State University in 2007. Dr. Grimes’s research and teaching interests include crime and the mass media, punishment and social control, public opinion and criminal justice policy, and evaluations of correctional and community-based treatment and rehabilitation programs. Her work has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Crime and Justice, Sociological Quarterly, and Federal Probation.