Dr Jenny Wise

Lecturer in Criminology, School of Behavioural and Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
BSocSci (Hons) Criminology (University of New South Wales); PhD in Criminology (University of New South Wales)
Contact
| Email: | jwise7@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Arts (E11) 146 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 4286 (or +61 2 6773 4286 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3748 |
Areas of Teaching
CRIM 100 Understanding Crime
CRIM 304 Forensic Science and Criminal Justice
SOCY 354/554 The Sociology of Youth and Delinquency
Research interests
- The use of forensic sciences within the criminal justice system
- Sexual assault law reform
- Human Rights
- Policing
Supervision Areas
Representative Publications
Wise, J., & McGovern, A. (2012) ‘Crime Time: The rise of police programming on television’, in C Jones, E Barclay & R I Mawby, The Problem of Pleasure: Leisure, Tourism and Crime, Routledge.
Wise, J. (2011) ‘Experts, Lay People and Forensics’, Crime and Justice: A Guide to criminology, 4th Edition, Thomson Reuters.
Wise, J. (2010) 'Providing the CSI Treatment: Criminal Justice Practitioners and the CSI Effect', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol. 21. No. 3, pp. 383-400.
Wise, J. (2010) 'Getting behind closed doors: The process of conducting research in a criminal justice system', Current Narratives, Vol. 2.
Wise, J. (2010) ‘Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 188-191.
Wise, J. (2009) The New Scientific Eyewitness: The Role of DNA profiling in shaping criminal justice. VDM Verlag, Germany.
Wise, J ‘DNA possibilities changing the nature of sexual assault cases', Honours Thesis, University of New South Wales
Conference Papers
'Hollywood Profiling: The impact of the CSI Effect on the use of forensic science in New South Wales', Expert evidence Conference, Canberra, 12-13 February 2011. (Pdf)
‘Getting behind closed doors: The process of conducting research in a criminal justice setting’, 2nd Australasian Narrative Inquiry Conference: Embracing Multiple Dimensions, Armidale, July 2009.
'Bringing Police Investigations out of the Dark Ages: DNA Evidence and the Thames Valley Police', British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Cardiff, June-July 2009.
‘'We want DNA from this, that and everything': The desire to have DNA evidence in all criminal cases', The 21st Annual ANZSOC Conference, Canberra Convention Centre, Canberra, November 2008.
‘The misrepresentations of DNA technology in CSI type programs', Disciplines and Punishments: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Crime and Justice, University of New South Wales, July 2007.
‘DNA technology in the criminal justice system', Criminal Justice Research Network Seminar, University of New South Wales, August 2007.
‘DNA technology ‘transforming' policing', The 20th Annual ANZSOC Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, September 2007.
‘Does DNA evidence enlighten or blind people, in the 21st Century?' The 14th World Congress of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, August 2005.
