She received her PhD in criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland. Her research interests include policy-relevant family violence issues, violence against women, gender and crime, and evaluation research. For the past 6 years, Dr. Gover has been working on two Department of Justice–funded research projects involving 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 cases of domestic violence.