Antony Stephenson

Lecturers

Dr Antony Stephenson

BA (L&IS), GDip Ed, Grad Cert App Mgt, BA (Hons), GCLTHE, PhD

Lecturer
Goulburn

NSW Police Academy, McDermott Drive Goulburn NSW 2580

Profile

Antony is a lecturer with Charles Sturt University at the School of Policing Studies and currently teaches on the Associated Degree of Policing Practice.

Prior to joining the School, Antony was Manager of Library & Information Services for the NSWPF, working at the Academy for over 20 years. As well as qualifications in library science, he has completed post-graduate studies in education and management. He completed his PhD through the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University in 2019.

His doctoral research focused on the representation of police and policing through Australian fictional and documentary cop shows, exploring what these narratives communicate about policing, authority and national identity, and how these constructions are interpreted by past, and current members of the profession and those aspiring to it.

Teaching

  • Associate Degree in Policing Practice

Publications

Stephenson, A. (2022). Police as cop show viewers. Crime, Media, Culture, 18(2), 265-281.

Stephenson, A. (2019). Kinds of blue: The representation of Australian police and policing in television drama and reality television. Doctor of Philosophy, Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Stephenson, A. (2015). Police as television viewers and policing practitioners. Fusion Journal, (7), 1-13.

Co-authored

Allan, D. M., Kelly, A., & Stephenson, A. (2018). The prominence of fraud in New South Wales metropolitan media reporting. Crime, Law and Social Change, 70, 603-619.

Allan, D. M., Kelly, A., & Stephenson, A. (2016). The impact of a changing media landscape on police practice and legitimacy. Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, 10(2), 1-14.

Allan, D. M., Kelly, A., & Stephenson, A. (2016). The influence of old and new media on police decision making and legitimacy. In Australia and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) 2016 Annual Conference.