By Associate Professor Alyce McGovern

Books

McGovern A, 2019, Craftivism and Yarn Bombing A Criminological Exploration, Palgrave Pivot, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57991-1

Crofts T; Lee M; McGovern A; Milivojevic S, 2015, Sexting and Young People, Palgrave Macmillan

Lee M; McGovern A, 2013, Policing and Media, Public relations, simulations and communications, Taylor & Francis, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203095997

Lee M; McGovern A, 2013, Policing and the Media: Public Relations, Simulations and Communications, Routledge, London, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415632133/

Book Chapters

McGovern A; Fitzpatrick T; Just K, 2025, 'Good in a Crisis: A Conversation on Craftivism's Values of Craft, Collectivity and Care', in Global Craftivism Since the Pussyhats Handcraft Responses to Violence, War, Illness, and Isolation, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/global-craftivism-since-the-pussyhats-9798881801359/

McGovern A; Fitzpatrick T, 2023, 'Craftivism and Crime: Craft as a Vehicle for Criminal and Social Justice Activism', in Canning V; Martin G; Tombs S (ed.), The Emerald International Handbook of Activist Criminology, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 297 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-199-020231019

McGovern A, 2022, 'Yarn Bombing', in Atkinson R; Ayres T (ed.), Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm, Routledge, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003138198-4

Fishwick E; McGovern A, 2019, 'In Stitches: Crafting, Crime, Harm and Justice', in Mandell H (ed.), Crafting Dissent Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 263 - 277, https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538118399/Crafting-Dissent-Handicraft-as-Protest-from-the-American-Revolution-to-the-Pussyhats

McGovern A, 2019, 'Craft Attack: The Framing of Yarn Bombing', in Critical Criminological Perspectives, pp. 93 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57991-1_4

Fishwick E; Mcgovern A, 2019, 'Crafting, Crime, Harm, and Justice in Australia', in Crafting Dissent Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats, pp. 263 - 277

McGovern A, 2019, 'Crafty Crimes: The Criminology of Craftivism', in Critical Criminological Perspectives, pp. 113 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57991-1_5

McGovern A, 2019, 'Introduction', in Critical Criminological Perspectives, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57991-1_1

McGovern A, 2019, 'The Itch to Stitch: Yarn Bombers and Their Motivations', in Critical Criminological Perspectives, pp. 59 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57991-1_3

McGovern A, 2019, 'Unravelling the Threads: Contemporary Craftivism and Its Origins', in Critical Criminological Perspectives, pp. 11 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57991-1_2

Crofts T; Lee M; McGovern A; Milivojevic S, 2018, 'Sexting pleasures: Young people, fun, flirtation, and child pornography', in Grealy L; Driscoll C; Hickey-Moody A (ed.), Youth, technology, governance, experience: Adults understanding young people, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351112673

McGovern A; Lee M, 2018, ''A sexting 'panic'? What we learn from media coverage of sexting incidents', in Walrave M; Van Ouytsel J; Ponnet K; Temple J (ed.), Sexting: Motives and risks in online sexual self-presentation., Palgrave Macmillan, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71882-8

McGovern A; Lee M, 2018, 'A Sexting 'Panic'? What We Learn from Media Coverage of Sexting Incidents', in Walrave M; VanOuytsel J; Ponnet K; Temple JR (ed.), SEXTING: MOTIVES AND RISK IN ONLINE SEXUAL SELF-PRESENTATION, PALGRAVE, pp. 99 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71882-8_7

McGovern A, 2018, 'Policing, Performance Indicators and Fear of Crime', in Lee M; Mythen G (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook on Fear of Crime, Routledge, Milton Park, pp. 299 - 311, https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-on-Fear-of-Crime/Lee-Mythen/p/book/9781138120334

McGovern A, 2017, 'Policing, performance indicators and fear of crime', in Routledge International Handbook on Fear of Crime, pp. 299 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315651781

Lee M; Ellis JR, 2017, 'Qualifying fear of crime: Multi-methods approaches', in Routledge International Handbook on Fear of Crime, pp. 155 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315651781

McGovern AM; Phillips ND, 2017, 'Police, Media, and Popular Culture', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology, Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.279

McGovern AM, 2014, 'Media and Crime', in Arrigo BA (ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics, Sage Publications Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book240470?subject=900&fs=1#tabview=title

McGovern AM, 2014, 'Police-Citizen Interaction on Social Media', in Arrigo BA (ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics, Sage Publications Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book240470?subject=900&fs=1#tabview=title

Lee M; McGovern AM, 2014, 'Police communication: The uncertain logic of risk', in Deodatis G; Ellingwood BR; Frangopol DM (ed.), Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures, CRC Press, pp. 119 - 124, http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781138000865

Lee M; McGovern A, 2013, 'Image Work(s): The New Police (Popularity) Culture', in Carrington K; Ball M; OBrien E; Tauri JM (ed.), Critical Criminological Perspectives, pp. 120 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137008695_8

Wise J; McGovern A, 2012, 'Crime Time: The Rise of Police Programming on Television', in Jones C; Barclay E; Mawby R (ed.), The Problem of Pleasure: leisure, tourism and crime, Willan, London, pp. 20 - 31

Lee M; McGovern A, 2012, 'Image Work(s): 'Simulated Policing' and the New Police (Popularity) Culture', in Carrington K; Ball M; O'Brien E; Tauri J (ed.), Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: International Perspectives, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK, pp. 120 - 132, http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=571640%20(copyright%20info%20available)

McGovern A; Lee M, 2012, 'Police Communications in the Social Media Age', in Keyzer P; Johnston J; Pearson M (ed.), The Courts and the Media: Challenges in The Era of Digital and Social Media, Halstead Press, Ultimo, pp. 162 - 176, http://halsteadpress.com.au/site/?page_id=108/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/164861143?selectedversion=NBD49013888%20(copyright%20info%20available)

McGovern A, 2011, 'Negotiating access to the NSW Police Force Media Unit: A personal research experience', in Bartels L; Richards K (ed.), Qualitative criminology: stories from the field, Federation Press, Australia, pp. 51 - 59, http://www.lawbooks.com.au/book/qualitative-criminology-stories-from-the-field.do

Journal articles

McGovern A; McNamee J, 2025, 'Voices of authority: exploring the emergence of the official police podcast', Communication Research and Practice, 11, pp. 417 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2025.2519767

McGovern A, 2022, 'Risky, Subversive, and Deviant? A Criminological Analysis of Guerrilla Knitting', Textile: the journal of cloth and culture, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14759756.2022.2085987

McGovern A; Barnes C, 2022, 'Visible Mending, Street Stitching, and Embroidered Handkerchiefs: How Craftivism is Being Used to Challenge the Fashion Industry', International Journal For Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11, pp. 87 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2352

Gordon F; McGovern A; Thompson C; Wood MA, 2022, 'Beyond Cybercrime: New Perspectives on Crime, Harm and Digital Technologies', International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy, 11, pp. I - VIII, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/IJCJSD.2215

Wood MA; McGovern A, 2021, 'Memetic copaganda: Understanding the humorous turn in police image work', Crime Media Culture, 17, pp. 305 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741659020953452

Fitzpatrick T; McGovern A, 2021, 'Home, Health and Power: Exploring Experiences of and Responses to the Pandemic through the Global @covid19quilt Project', The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 61, pp. 43 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.19205/61.21.3

Milivojevic S; Lee M; Crofts T; McGovern A, 2018, '‘A Sneaky Bit of Stalking’: Young People, Social Network Sites, and Practices of Online Surveillance', Temida, 21, pp. 181 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/TEM1802181M

Lee M; McGovern A, 2016, 'Logics of risk: police communications in an age of uncertainty', Journal of Risk Research, 19, pp. 1291 - 1302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2015.1115423

McGovern AM; Crofts T; Lee M; Milivojevic S, 2016, 'Media, legal and young people’s discourses around sexting', Global Studies of Childhood, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2043610616676028

Lee M; Crofts T; McGovern AM; Milivojevic S, 2015, 'Sexting among young people: Perceptions and practices', Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice, pp. 1 - 9, http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/501-520/tandi508.html

McGovern A, 2015, 'Anita Lam (2014) Making Crime Television: Producing Entertaining Representations of Crime for Television Broadcast. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge.', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 4, pp. 150 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v4i4.269

McGovern AM, 2015, 'Book review: Anita Lam (2014) ‘Making Crime Television: Producing Entertaining Representations of Crime for Television Broadcast’', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 4, pp. 150 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v4i4.269

McGovern AM; Wise J; Wise N, 2015, ''When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die': Concepts of justice in George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire', Media & Arts Law Review, 20, pp. 1 - 13

Ellis JR; McGovern AM, 2015, 'The end of symbiosis? Australian police-media relations in the digital age', Policing and Society: an international journal of research and policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2015.1016942

McGovern A, 2015, 'Crime, Media and New Technologies', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 27, pp. 137 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2015.12036037

Milivojevic S; McGovern AM, 2014, 'The Death of Jill Meagher: Crime and Punishment on Social Media', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 3, pp. 22 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v3i2.144

Bartels L; McGovern AM; Richards K, 2014, 'Degrees of difference? A preliminary study of criminology degrees at Australian universities', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Published online before print April 2, 2014, pp. 1 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865814523437

Lee M; Crofts T; Salter M; Milivojevic S; McGovern A, 2013, ''Let’s Get Sexting’: Risk, Power, Sex and Criminalisation in the Moral Domain', The International Journal for Crime and Justice, 2, pp. 35 - 49, https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/89

Johnston J; McGovern A, 2013, 'Communicating Justice: A Comparison of Courts and Police Use of Contemporary Media', International Journal of Communication, 7, pp. 1667 - 1687, http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/2029/960

Lee M; McGovern A, 2013, 'Procedural Justice and Simulated Policing: The Medium and the Message', Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 8, pp. 166 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2013.821736

Lee M; McGovern A, 2012, 'Force to Sell: Policing the Image and Manufacturing Public Confidence', Policing and Society, 22, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2011.647913

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