Faculty
Angela R. Gover, Associate Professor
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, Policy Relevant Family Violence Issues, Gender and Crime, & Evaluation Research.
Bio: Angela R. Gover is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver, and is the first faculty member hired to work with the Center on Domestic Violence. Dr. Gover received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from New Mexico State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. Her research interests include policy relevant family violence issues, violence against women, gender and crime, and evaluation research. Some of her published work has appeared in Violence and Victims, Criminology and Public Policy, Justice Quarterly, and Women & Criminal Justice. For the past six years Dr. Gover has been working with colleagues at the University of South Carolina and the Lexington County Sheriff's Department on two Department of Justice funded research projects involving the county's law enforcement and judicial responses to domestic violence. Her current project is examining the impact of proactive enforcement of no-contact orders on victim safety and repeat victimization in Lexington County, South Carolina. Dr. Gover teaches two courses for the School of Public Affairs: Battered Women and the Legal System and Research Methods.
Recent Publications:
(2008, in press). Gover, Angela R., Catherine Kaukinen, & Kathleen A. Fox. The Relationship between Violence in the Family of Origin and Dating Violence among College Students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
(2008, in press). Gover, Angela R., Deanna M. Perez, & Wesley G. Jennings. Gender Differences in Factors Contributing to Institutional Misconduct: A Test of Importation and Deprivation Theories. The Prison Journal.
(2008, in press). Lane, Jodi, Angela R. Gover, & Sarah Dahod. Fear of Violent Crime among Men and Women on Campus: The Impact of Perceived Risk and Fear of Sexual Assault. Violence and Victims.
(2008, in press). Perez, Deanna, M., Wesley G. Jennings, & Angela R. Gover. Specifying General Strain Theory: An Ethnically Relevant Approach. Deviant Behavior.
(2008, in press). Wesley G. Jennings, Angela R. Gover, & Diane Hitchcock. Localizing Restorative Justice: An In-Depth Look at a Denver Public School Program. Sociology of Crime, Law, & Deviance.
(2007). Gover, Angela R., Eve M. Brank, & John M. MacDonald. A Specialized Domestic Violence Court in South Carolina: An Example of Procedural Justice for Victims and Defendants. Violence Against Women, 13: 603-626.
(2007). Jennings, Wesley, G., Angela R. Gover, & Dagmar Prudrzynska. Perceptions of Crime and Safety Among College Students: A Research Note for University Administrators. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 18: 191-208
(2007). Gover, James, E., Angela R. Gover, Douglas Melton, & Robert Swanson. Creation of a Campus Security Sensor System Network Test and Training Facility. Today’s Engineer, June (www.todaysengineer.org).