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Salisbury’s research focuses on the rehabilitation, decarceration, and social reintegration of women in the criminal justice system, impacting the lives of more than 50,000 women. She is the co-creator and research director of the Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA), the only validated risk, needs, and strengths instrument in the public domain designed specifically for justice-involved women. Salisbury is trained as an applied criminologist and focuses her research on women’s offending pathways and correctional practices, with a particular focus on gender-responsive strategies and trauma-responsive care. As a result of her scholarship on behalf of women, she was awarded the Marguerite Q. Warren and Ted B. Palmer Differential Intervention Award from the American Society of Criminology Division on Corrections and Sentencing, as well as the University of Utah Presidential Societal Impact Scholar Award. She frequently provides expertise to the U.S. Department of Justice, the federal Bureau of Prisons, state departments of corrections, and international organizations. In 2019, she was invited to testify to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the issue of discrimination against women in prison.