Mark Norman is an assistant professor at St. Francis Xavier University whose research interests lie at the intersections of criminology, sociology, and health studies.

Katharina Maier is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Winnipeg. She is interested in examining issues around punishment and penal governance, prisoner reentry and penal supervision, policing, urban poverty and social marginality, and the work of frontline penal actors.

Micheal P. Taylor is qualifying for his PhD while researching responsivity and organizational learning in the Ocean and Public Safety Laboratory at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Fisheries and Maritime Institute. He is informed by his provincial practice, from 2016-2022, when he worked as a probation and parole officer.