Dr Alyce McGovern

Research Summary

Police-media relations; police media relations units; representations and perceptions of police; criminal justice agencies and their use of new media and social media technologies; policing, policing and governance; police leadership and management; citizen journalism and the police; guerrilla knitting and craft and crime; criminology and criminal justice teaching and assessment approaches.

Research Areas
Alyce's areas of interest for potential students include:
• Crime and the media
• Police and the media
• Policing
• Representations and perceptions of the criminal justice system
• Police education, leadership and management


UNSW Research Profile

Teaching

CRIM1010 Introduction to Criminology
CRIM1011 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRIM2027 Media, Crime and Criminal Justice
CRIM3001 Criminological Theories
CRIM3000 Criminological Capstone: Criminology in Practice
SLSP3001 Social Science Research Project

Postgraduate Research Supervision
The social construction of juvenile crime in Malaysia- Kamsiah Ali
Media representations of crime in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Argentina) during the 1990s- Cynthia Fernandez Roich

Publications

Journal Articles

Lee, M. and McGovern, A. (Forthcoming). ‘Force to Sell: Policing the Image and Manufacturing Public Confidence’, Policing and Society.

McGovern, A. (Under Review). ‘Using Blogs to Explore Crime in the Media: Student Learning Experience’, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching.

McGovern, A. and Lee, M. (2010). ‘Cop[ying] it Sweet: Police Media Units and the Making of News’. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. Vol. 43 No. 3. Pp 444-464.


Book Chapters

Lee, M. and McGovern, A. (Forthcoming). 'Image Work(s): “Simulated Policing” and the New Police (Popularity) Culture’, in Carrington, K., Ball, M., O’Brien, E. and Tauri, J. (eds). Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan

McGovern, A. (Forthcoming). ‘Stopping, Searching and Moving Along Vulnerable People’, in Bartkowiak-Théron, I. and Asquith, N. (eds). Policing Vulnerability: The Vulnerabilities of Policing. Annandale: Federation Press.

McGovern, A. and Lee, M. (2011). ‘Police Communications in the Social Media Age’, in Keyzer, P., Johnston, J. and Pearson, M. (eds.). The Courts and the Media in the Digital Era. Ultimo: Halstead Press.

McGovern. A. (2011). ‘Negotiating Access to the NSW Police Force Media Unit: A Personal Research Experience’ in Bartels, L. and K. Richards (eds.) Qualitative Criminology: Stories from the Field. Annandale: Federation Press.

Wise, J. and McGovern, A. (2011). ‘Crime Time: The Rise of Police Programming on Television’, in Jones, C., Barclay, E. and Mawby, R. (eds.) The Problem of Pleasure: Leisure, Tourism and Crime. London: Willan.


Refereed Conference Proceedings

Lee, M. and McGovern, A. (2011). ‘Image Work(s): “Simulated Policing” and the New Police (Popularity) Culture’, QUT Crime and Democracy Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

McGovern, A. (2011). ‘Tweeting the News: Criminal Justice Agencies and their Use of Social Networking Sites’, Lee, M., Mason, G. and Milivojevic, S. (eds.) Critical Criminology Conference. University of Western Sydney and Sydney University, Sydney: The Australian and New Zealand Crime and Justice Research Network.

McGovern, A. (2009). ‘The Best Police Force Money Can Buy: The Rise of Police PR’, in Segrave, M. (ed.) Proceedings of the Critical Criminology Conference. Monash University, Melbourne: The Australian and New Zealand Crime and Justice Research Network.

McGovern, A. and M. Lee. (2006). ‘Mediating Cops: Newsmaking and the NSW Police Media Unit’ in Colic-Peisker, V., Tilbury, F. and B. McNamara (eds.) TASA 2006 Conference: Sociology for a Mobile World. University of Western Australia and Murdoch University, Perth: The Australian Sociological Association.

McGovern, A. (2005). ‘The New South Wales Police Media Unit: A History of Risk Communications’ in Julian, R., Rottier, R. and R. White. (eds.) TASA 2005 Conference: Community, Place Change. University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus: The Australian Sociological Association.

McGovern, A. (2004). ‘The Governing of Police-Media Relations’ in Richmond, K. (ed.) TASA 2004 Conference: Revisioning Institutions: Change in the 21st Century. La Trobe University, Beechworth: The Australian Sociological Association.


Reviews and Other Papers

McGovern, A. (2011). ‘Using Blogs to Explore Crime in the Media’, in Matheson, C. (ed.). Assessment: Feedback and Beyond Learning and Teaching Forum September 2011, University of New South Wales, Sydney: Learning and Teaching Unit of The University of New South Wales. Available at: http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/forum-september-2011

McGovern, A. and Fishwick, E. (2011). ‘Cops, Robbers and Shock Jocks: The Media and Criminal Justice Policy’, The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/cops-robbers-and-shock-jocks-the-media-and-criminal-justice-policy-2961

McGovern, A. (2011). ‘Heavy-Handed Police Tactics Won’t Curb English Riots’, The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/heavy-handed-police-tactics-wont-curb-english-riots-2782

McGovern, A. (2011). ‘State of NSW: Setting the Agenda on Crime in NSW’, The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/state-of-nsw-setting-the-agenda-on-crime-in-nsw-225

McGovern, A. (2010). ‘Book Review: State Power Crime’, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. Vol. 43 No. 1. Pp 182-185.