Organizational and social justice issues; Legal reform; Wrongful convictions, Capital punishment
Clayton B. Drummond is a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University and currently serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Charlotte Gill's CRIM 517 class and as a Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Sue-Ming Yang. His research focuses on social justice issues in the legal system. Most of his current research focuses on wrongful convictions and capital punishment. Clayton also works as a Graduate Lecturer and serves as an Editor for the Innocence Research Workshop with Dr. Robert J. Norris and colleagues.
Bonventre, C.L., Drummond, C.B., & Norris, R.J. Behavioral ethics and wrongful convictions: Case studies in forensic misconduct. Manuscript in preparation.
Drummond, C.B. Official misconduct and wrongful convictions: Analyzing misconduct statutes in the United States. Manuscript in preparation.
Drummond, C. B., & Mills, M. N. (2020). Addressing Official Misconduct: Increasing Accountability in Reducing Wrongful Convictions. The Wrongful Conviction Law Review, 1(3), 270-290.
CLS Graduate Student Travel Award. George Mason University, 2021
CLS Doctoral Student Summer Scholarship. George Mason University, 2021
CLS Graduate Research Fellowship. George Mason University, 2020
CRIM 517 - Research Practicum in Justice Policy and Practice (Fall 2022; TA)
CRIM 408 - Criminal Courts (Summer 2022)
CRIM 495 - Violence (Spring 2022; TA)
CRIM 495 - Inequality in the Criminal Justice System (Fall 2021; TA)
M.A. in Criminology, University of West Georgia
B.S. in Criminology, University of West Georgia
Drummond, C.B. & Shammi, S.H. (2022). Prosecutorial Discretionary Power through the Lens of Institutional Logics and Legal Endogeneity Theory. Mason Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference. George Mason University, 2022.
Drummond, C.B., Bonventre, C.L. & Norris, R.J. Behavioral Ethics and Wrongful Convictions: Case Studies in Ethical Failures in Forensic Science. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2021.
Drummond, C.B. & Mills, M.N. Addressing Official Misconduct: Increasing Accountability to Reduce Wrongful Convictions. Southern Criminal Justice Association Virtual Research Showcase (Lightning Talks), September 2020.