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Background

  • Ph.D., Virginia Tech
  • M.S., Trident University International
  • M.S., Radford University
  • B.S., Radford University
  • A.A.S., Patrick Henry Community College

Dr. Clifton joined the Radford University faculty in 2022.

Interests

Dr. Clifton’s research investigates the impact of the police subculture on the development of coping strategies among law enforcement using social network analysis.  Other areas of interest include police socialization, wellbeing of law enforcement, drugs and the criminal justice system, and criminological theory.

Recent professional activities

Dr. Clifton presented findings from her research on the development of coping strategies among police recruits at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada in March 2022 and at the Southern Criminal Justice Association conference in Daytona Beach, Florida in September 2021.  Dr. Clifton has also recently published in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology and in the American Journal of Criminal Justice.