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Faculty
Dr. Riane Bolin
Department Chair
Associate Criminal Justice Professor
CONTACT
Office: CHBS Building, Room 5405
Phone: 540-831-7547
E-Mail: rbolin1@radford.edu
Background
- Ph.D., University of South Carolina
- M.S., University of North Carolina - Charlotte
- B.A., North Carolina State University
Dr. Bolin joined the Radford University faculty in 2014.
Interests
Dr. Bolin's current research interests include juvenile corrections, specifically juvenile probation, and public opinion of juvenile justice policies and practices.
Recent Professional Activities
Dr. Bolin is in the process of completing a criminal justice focused research methods textbook. She is also working on a variety of research projects including a study focused on the impact of professional orientation and probation officer behavior, another on jail leaders receptivity to empirical research, and a third on predictors of the public’s willingness to invest in juvenile justice. She is currently on sabbatical for the spring 2023 semester.
Dr. Lori Elis
Professor of Criminal Justice
Graduate Coordinator
Contact
Office: CHBS Building, room 5028
Phone: 540-831-6775
E-Mail: lelis@radford.edu
Background
- Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
- M.A., University of Maryland, College Park
- B.A., University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Elis joined the Radford University faculty in 2007.
Interests
Dr. Elis' research interests include gender and crime, developmental theories of crime, domestic violence, and the examination of patterns of sentencing disparity in Virginia.
Recent Professional Activities
Dr. Elis' recent professional activities include publications in the areas of police responses to domestic violence, restorative justice, and an empirical test of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime.
Dr. Egan Kyle Green
PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT MINOR COORDINATOR
EXTENDED CAMPUS COORDINATOR
Contact
Office: CHBS Building, Room 5038A
Phone: 540-831-5995
E-Mail: ekgreen@radford.edu
Background
- Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- M.A., East Tennessee State University
- B.S., Appalachian State University
Dr. Green joined the Radford University faculty in 2005.
Interests
Dr. Green's research explores rural crime, with a focus on wildlife crime and wildlife law enforcement; he also conducts research on illicit liquor manufacturing and distribution.
Recent Professional Activities
Dr. Green is finishing the revision for the 9th Edition of The Police Manager. He is also working on research projects examining the unique policing styles of wildlife enforcement officers. This work has included collaboration with students. This is an extension of his work developing a minor in conservation law enforcement. Dr. Green has carried out wildlife crime related research in and outside of the United States, including Australia, England, Scotland, and Brazil. Much of his other research has focused on the illegal creation, distribution, and use of illicit liquor in the South. Dr. Green is serving as interim Department Chair during the Spring 2023 semester.
Dr. Rachel Boba Santos
PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Co-Director, Center for police practice, policy and research
Contact
Office: CHBS Building, Room 4505 in Suite 4501
Phone: 540-831-5061
E-Mail: rsantos5@radford.edu
Background
- Ph.D. Arizona State University
- M.A. Arizona State University
- B.A. California Lutheran University
Dr. Santos joined the faculty in 2016.
INTERESTS
Dr. Santos interests include conducting practice-based research which is implementing and evaluating evidence-based practices in the “real world” of criminal justice. In particular, she seeks to improve crime prevention and crime reduction efforts by police in areas such as crime analysis, problem solving, accountability, as well as leadership and organizational change. She and Dr. Roberto Santos co-created Stratified Policing which is an organizational model for systemizing proactive crime reduction strategies in police departments. Other areas of research include police/researcher partnerships, police/community collaboration, hot spot and problem-oriented policing, predictive policing, environmental criminology, crime and place, police/crime data and technology, experimental research methodology, and program evaluation.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Dr. Santos’ recent professional activity includes serving as co-principal investigator for three federal grants working with over 20 police departments and criminal justice agencies to 1) develop a framework for institutionalizing community policing by rank, 2) implement an innovative information sharing technology for offender-focused strategies in the Roanoke Valley, VA, and 3) implement and evaluate a proactive police response to prevent domestic violence and increase victim safety in Danville, VA. She is working with police departments in Virginia, Nevada, North Carolina, Florida, and Ohio to improve their community collaboration efforts and implement Stratified Policing. She has completed two experiments partnering with a police agency to test the effectiveness of systematic police response in both short-term and long-term property crime hot spots and works with the Police Executive Research Forum as a crime analysis subject matter expert. She regularly conducts presentations at state and international police and crime analysis conferences, publishes peer-reviewed journal articles and guidebooks for police, as well as writes and administers grant funded research and technical assistance. She has recently co-authored the book, Stratified Policing: An Organizational Model for Proactive Crime Reduction and Accountability. Additional information about Dr. Santos’ research, publications, and other professional activities is available on her curriculum vita.
Dr. Roberto Santos
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Co-Director, Center for Police Practice, Policy and Research
Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis Coordinator
Contact
Office: CHBS Building, Room 4506
Phone: 540-831-5157
E-Mail: rsantos4@radford.edu
Background
- Ph.D. Nova Southeastern University
- M.S. Florida Atlantic University
- B.S. Barry University
Dr. Santos joined the faculty in 2016.
Interests
Dr. Santos is a retired police commander from a large police agency in Florida where after 22 years worked in, supervised, and commanded every division within the agency. As such, his interests lie in policing. He assists police agencies and conducts evidence-based and practice-based research to “translate” research to practice and vice versa. Dr. Santos focuses on areas of crime reduction approaches and strategies, crime and place, environmental criminology, police use-of-force, police training, criminal investigations, organizational change and leadership, police and community partnerships, crime analysis, and experimental research methodology.
Recent Professional Activities
Dr. Santos co-created a crime reduction approach, called Stratified Policing, that provides the means for a police organization to systematize and sustain proactive crime reduction practices taking “what works” and “making it work” within the police organization. His book entitled, Stratified Policing: An Organizational Model for Proactive Crime Reduction and Accountability will be available in late 2020. He is active in assisting police agencies around the U.S. and internationally in organizational change, evaluation, and sustainability processes for institutionalizing proactive crime reduction strategies, problem solving, and accountability. In addition, he has conducted a quasi-experiment and random controlled trial (RCT) testing police response in, what he has coined as, “micro-time hot spots.” This work has resulted in recent grant funding, several peer-reviewed journal articles, and a police guidebook. Dr. Santos was inducted into George Mason University’s Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame for leading rigorous research and the implementation of evidence-based practices into day-to-day police operations. Dr. Santos recently completed work with the Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services to publish a guidebook to assist police supervisors to implement and carry out community-oriented policing. Dr. Santos is currently the co-PI for three federal grants that include partnerships with over 20 police departments and criminal justice agencies to develop an organizational framework for institutionalizing community policing; to implement an innovative technology and proactive offender-focused strategies; and to create a model for proactive police response to prevent domestic violence and increase victim safety. Additional information about Dr. Santos’ research, publications, and other professional activities is available on his curriculum vita.
Dr. Lindsay Semprevivo
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CONTACT
Office: CHBS Building, Room 5403
Phone: 540-831-6148
E-Mail: lsemprevivo@radford.edu
BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., Virginia Tech
- MA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- BA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Semprevivo joined the Radford University faculty in 2022.
INTERESTS
Dr. Semprevivo's preliminary areas of specialization are in criminology and women’s gender studies. Thus, her areas of teaching include: criminal justice, diversities in criminal justice, gender and crime, and victimology. Her research interests focus primarily on the intersections of gender, sexual orientation, and race and ethnicity in youth violence and victimization.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Dr. Semprevivo’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and books such as: Criminal Justice Studies, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Victims & Offenders, Sociological Spectrum, Violence and Victims, Gender, Place & Culture, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Criminology, Sociology Compass, Encyclopedia of Research Methods and Statistical Techniques in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and The Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice.
Dr. Shawn Smith
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Contact
Office: CHBS Building, Room 5401
Phone: 540-831-5593
E-Mail: ssmith479@radford.edu
Background
- Ph.D., Old Dominion University
- M.A., Old Dominion University
- B.S., West Virginia University
Dr. Smith joined the Radford University faculty in 2016.
INTERESTS
Dr. 'Shawn Smith is a criminologist and associate professor specializing in traditional and experimental crime modeling and public policy development. Within these scopes, his recent research and pedagogy includes urban-to-rural comparisons in crime theory (U.S. and international), emerging technologies in criminal justice, and digital victimization (e.g., cybercrime).
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Dr. Smith is a regular participant of several national and international conferences, and regularly mentors both undergraduate and graduate students in the pursuit of their respective research interests. Of late, Dr. Smith has also been active in extensive research and pedagogy advancement initiatives with The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Virginia Cyber Range, and Old Dominion University.
Dr. Stacey Clifton
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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.