Sarah is a PhD student in the Criminal Justice Department. She graduated from Temple University's 4+1 Accelerated M.A. program in Criminal Justice in May 2022. During her time at Temple, she worked as a research assistant, most recently collaborating on a project to propose a conceptual model of site engagement in the field of implementation science. Her recent work examines prosecutor-led bail reform in Philadelphia.

Sarah’s research interests include criminal courts, pretrial justice, progressive prosecution, and implementation science.

Faculty Advisor: E. Rely Vîlcică

Publications

Jones, S. D. (2025). Prosecutor-led bail reform: An observational case study in Philadelphia. Law & Policy, 47(1), Article e12260. https://doi.org/10.1111/lapo.12260.

Jones, S. D., Bartkowski, J. P., Belenko, S., Becan, J. E., Taxman, F. S., Wasserman, G. A., Aarons, G. A., McReynolds, L. S., Dolbear, C., Xu, X. (2025). Site engagement in implementation research: Introducing SEAMLIS as a conceptual and measurement framework. Health & Justice, 13, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-025-00349-1.