Professor
Director, Undergraduate Program in Criminal Justice
University of Colorado Denver
School of Public Affairs
P.O. Box 173364 - Campus Box 142
Denver, CO 80217 - 3364
Phone: (303) 315 - 2474
Fax: (303) 315 - 2229
E-mail: Angela.Gover@ucdenver.edu
Link to Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Interest: Violence Against Women, Gender and Crime, and Victimization.
Bio: Angela R. Gover is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. She is also the Director of the Undergraduate Program in Criminal Justice. Dr. Gover received her Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of Maryland. Her research primarily focuses on victimization, violence against women and children, and gender and crime. Some of her published work has appeared in Violence and Victims, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Violence Against Women. Dr. Gover has been the recipient of numerous recent college and university-wide awards, including the 2012 UCD Research and Creative Activities Symposium Student Mentor Award, 2011 School of Public Affairs Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Award, 2011 School of Public Affairs Excellence in Service Award, 2010 UCD Excellence in Teaching Award, and the 2008 UCD Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Award. Dr. Gover remains active in her profession by serving on Editorial Boards for Justice Quarterly, Women and Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, the American Journal of Criminal Justice, and Criminal Justice Studies. Dr. Gover will be spending the Spring and Fall 2013 semesters on sabbatical as an Affiliate Professor of Justice at the University of Alaska Anchorage while collaborating on projects with Dr. André Rosay (http://uaajusticecenter.blogspot.com/2013/01/dr-gover-of-university-of-colorado.html).
Recent
Book/Journal Articles:
2013. Claire M.
Renzetti, Susan L. Miller, & Angela R. Gover (Eds.). Routledge Handbook
on Crime and Gender Studies. London: Routledge.
2013.
Angela R. Gover, Courtney Mitchell, Joanne Belknap, & Anne DePrince.
When Abuse Happens Again: Women’s Reasons for Not Reporting New Incidents of
Intimate Partner Abuse to Law Enforcement. Women & Criminal Justice
(in press).
2013.
Tara Richards, Wesley G. Jennings, Elizabeth A. Tomsich, & Angela R. Gover.
A Longitudinal Examination of Offending and Specialization among a Sample of
Massachusetts Domestic Violence Offenders. Journal of Interpersonal
Violence (in press).
2012.
Stacey J. Bosick, Callie Marie Rennison, Angela R. Gover, & Mary
Dodge. Reporting Violence to the Police: Predictors through the Life
Course. Journal of Criminal Justice, 40, 441-451.
2012.
Anne DePrince, Joanne Belknap, Jennifer Labus, Susan Buckingham, & Angela
R. Gover. The Impact of Community-Based Outreach on Distress, Social
Support, and Safety Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. Journal
of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 80, 211-221.
2012.
Catherine Kaukinen, Angela R. Gover, & Jennifer L. Hartman. College
Women’s Experiences of Dating Violence in Casual and Exclusive Relationships as
both Victims and Perpetrators. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 37,
146-162.
2012.
Saskia Santos, Jodi Lane, & Angela R. Gover. Former Prison and Jail
Inmates’ Perceptions of Informal Methods of Control Utilized by Correctional
Officers. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 37, 485-504.
2012. Anne DePrince, Joanne Belknap,
Jennifer Labus, Susan Buckingham, & Angela R. Gover. The Impact of
Intimate Partner Abuse Victim-Focused Outreach on Criminal Legal System
Outcomes. Violence Against Women, 18, 861-881.