Kelly Frailing passed away on December, 11 2022. Read her obituary here.
About Kelly
Frailing’s research focuses on two distinct areas. The first, specialty courts and their participants, examines the factors that are important for participants in drug courts and mental health courts to graduate successfully from these programs. The second, crime in disaster, examines the factors that facilitate various types of crime after a disaster as well as useful approaches for disaster crime prevention.
Contributions
The Achievements of Specialty Courts in the United States
Preventing Crimes in Communities Hit by Disasters
In the News
Publications
Presents historic and contemporary evidence that a wide variety of crime, including looting, rape and sexual assault, fraud, corruption hate crime and crime associated with drug markets, occurs in the short and long term wake of disasters, as well as describes criminal justice and related agencies’ responses to these crimes. Provides policy implications for disaster crime prevention and reduction.
Presents evidence that looting, rape and sexual assault and fraud occurred in the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, as well as provides explanations for changes in New Orleans’ murder rate in the decade since the storm.
Describes the reduction in jail days and in positive drug tests for mental health court participants as well as the supportive interactions with the judge during the court sessions that facilitate these desirable outcomes.
Presents evidence that looting, rape and sexual assault and fraud occurred in the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, as well as provides explanations for changes in New Orleans’ murder rate in the decade since the storm.