Her research explores how intersections of gender and sexuality structure individuals’ experiences with gangs, crime, victimization, and the criminal and juvenile justice systems. She is centrally involved in developing the emerging field of queer criminology, and coedited Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice (Springer, 2014). Her book, The Gang's All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members, is forthcoming (NYU Press, 2017).