Elyse Methven

Border Criminologies

Biography

Dr Elyse Methven is a Senior Lecturer in Law. Her areas of expertise include criminal law and the interdisciplinary field of law and language. Elyse was admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of NSW in 2009. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (UTS) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Law). Elyse teaches Criminal Law and Procedure, Advanced Criminal Law and Criminal Sentencing Law.


Elyse joined UTS Law Faculty in 2011 as an inaugural Quentin Bryce Doctoral Scholar and teaching fellow. Prior to commencing her doctoral research, Elyse was a solicitor at the NSW Crime Commission where she practiced in the criminal investigations and confiscations divisions. Elyse also lectured Criminal Justice and Public Policy at Macquarie University Law School. Elyse completed her PhD in 2017, in which she explored the representation of offensive language crimes through criminal justice discourse. Her thesis was titled: "Dirty talk: A critical discourse analysis of offensive language crimes". Her current research projects are on offensive language, administrative fines regimes and the intersection of criminal law and immigration law. In 2018, Elyse was awarded a UTS early career research grant, for a project on police discretion for public order offences and the use of penalty notices. The project is titled "Swift Justice? Police discretion and on-the-spot fines for offensive language."

Research projects & programmes

Border Criminologies