Tony Murphy

DPhil in English Local History

Thesis

Exploring penal transportation

Research abstract

I am exploring the critical junctures around penal transportation to Australia, and exploring the accounts of those on the recieiving end of this, as well as from those administering the process. I am also applying critical criminological and social policy analyses to the context of penal transportation, and considering the links to issues such as 'desistance'.

Supervisor(s)

Professor Jane Humphries (All Souls College) https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/29; Professor Deborah Oxley (All Souls College) https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/47

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Criminology (Sheffield Hallam University), and I tutor for the Open University. I have an MSc in English Local History through CONTED; MSc and BSc degress from LSE; and various postgraduate certificates and diplomas. I have completed a Pg.Cert LTHE, with HEA Fellowship status. I started my D.Phil in October 2017, wanting to apply aspects of criminology and social policy to the issue penal transportation. I am based at Lincoln College. My publications span criminology, education policy, and the social sciences more widely, including journal articles, reports, entries in reference sources, and I have been commissioned to write books by Palgrave MacMillan and Sage.