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Tony Murphy

Mr Tony Murphy BSc, MSc, PgCert, PgDip

Senior Lecturer In Criminology


Summary

I teach across a range of areas at undergraduate level, and I have been teaching since 2008. I am currently working on a number of research projects, some housed within the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, and others external to this. My research interests span the social sciences broadly.

About

I joined Hallam in February 2013. I previously held teaching posts at the University of Westminster and Manchester Metropolitan University, and I worked as a Research Assistant within the Department of Social Policy at the LSE. I also tutor for the Open University within the Faculty of Social Sciences. At the LSE I completed a BSc in Sociology and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning. I have also studied for a PgDip in Social Research Methods, a PgCert in Professional Studies in Education (Educational Research Methods) and a PgCert in Social Science Research Methods through the Open University. I also recently completed a PgCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at SHU, with associated HEA Fellowship status. I am currently studying for an MSc, with the intention of progressing on to a D.Phil, at the University of Oxford. My research interests span areas of criminology and the social sciences more widely. I am particularly interested in historical dimensions of crime, justice, and social order, and the connections between criminology and the wider domains of social policy. I also retain an interest in education policy.

My research interests span areas of criminology and the social sciences more widely. I am particularly interested in historical dimensions of crime, justice, and social order, and the connections between criminology and the wider domains of social policy. I also retain an interest in education policy.

Teaching

Department Of Law and Criminology

College of Social Sciences and Arts

I am currently working on a number of research projects, including some housed within the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, notably the 'Right Turn' project.

Criminology

Single honours and joints in Criminology

Criminological Landscapes; Controversies of Punishment; Dissertation, Rights, Justice and Exclusion

Research

I am writing a book for Palgrave MacMillan on the nature of university research assessment practices in a number of countries; I am writing a new criminology textbook for SAGE Publishing; I am involved in data collection and write-up for the Right Turn veterans recovery project, and project work focused around the Armed Force Covenant and its workings.

Publications

Murphy, T., & Sage, D. (2014). Perceptions of the UK’s Research Excellence Framework 2014: a media analysis. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 36 (6), 603-615. http://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2014.957890

Murphy, T. (2013). Why we need to think about research malpractice in the social sciences. Criminal Justice Matters, 94 (1), 26-27. http://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2013.865503

West, A., Mitchell, L., & Murphy, T. (2013). Implementing evidence-based parenting programmes in a small sample of English urban local authorities: eligibility, fidelity and intensity. Children & Society, 27 (6), 471-483. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00428.x

Book chapters

Murphy, T. (2019). Terror and trafficking in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India: a routine activity approach. In Jaishankar, K. (Ed.) Routledge Handbook of South Asian Criminology. New York: Routledge: https://www.crcpress.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-South-Asian-Criminology/Jaishankar/p/book/9781482260458#googlePreviewContainer

Reports

Albertson, K., Best, D., Pinkney, A., Murphy, T., Irving, J., & Stevenson, J. (2017). "It’s not just about recovery": The Right Turn Veteran-Specific Recovery Service Evaluation, Final report. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University. https://www.addaction.org.uk/sites/default/files/public/attachments/right_turn_evaluation_report_june_2017.pdf

Albertson, K., Best, D., Irving, J., Murphy, T., Buckingham, S., Morton, G., ... Chaggar, A. (2016). Right Turn Veteran-Specific Recovery Service: 5 site evaluation pilot : Interim report. Sheffield: Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, Sheffield Hallam University.

Other publications

Murphy, T., & Sage, D. (2014). Perceptions and ‘impacts’ of the REF: key aim for next round should be to explore apprehension and minimise anxieties. London: London School of Economics and Political Science : The Impact Blog: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/10/06/perceptions-and-impacts-of-the-ref/

Other activities

Peer review activities for SAGE and Routledge; editorial member of the Journal on European History of Law; formerly an external examiner at the University of Hull (Grimsby Institute) and the University of Northampton; previous external validation panel membership at LSBU and Staffordshire University

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