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Andrea Allen

Professor of Criminal Justice


Office: Clayton Hall T-109C
Social Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
AndreaNAllen@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4606

Biography

Andrea Allen is professor of criminal justice. Her research focuses on policing, drugs and crime, and firearms, and is published in outlets such as Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and Policing.

Education

Ph D, Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina, 2013

Intellectual Contributions

Andrea Allen, Are campus police “real” police? Students’ perceptions of campus versus municipal police, The Police Journal – 2021

Andrea Allen, Scott Jacques, “He did that because I was Black”: Black college students perceive municipal police, not campus police, as discriminating, Deviant Behavior – 2020

Andrea Allen, Do campus police ruin college students' fun?, Deviant Behavior – 2017

Andrea Allen, Stop and question campus policing, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management – 2016

Andrea Allen, How to Investigate a Crime Scene: The Citizens' Guide to Evidence Collection

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Committee Member –  August 2016 to Present

Department, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Committee Member –  August 2018 to Present

University System, University System of Georgia, Criminal Justice Regional Advisory Committee, Committee Member –  January 2017 to Present

Service to the Profession

Discussant, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Survey of Campus Law Enforcement Agencies (SCLEA) July 2020 to Present

Editor, Journal Editor, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology September 2020 to 2022

Teaching Interest

In addition to criminal justice courses, I teach a wide range of forensic courses, such as Crime Scene Investigation, Death Investigation, Criminal Investigation, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Cold Cases, and Gravesite Forensics.

Research Interest

(campus) policing, drugs and crime, firearms, forensics, wildlife crime