Dr Emma Murray
School of Justice Studies
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: E.T.Murray@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 3204
Emma is a Reader in Military Veteran Studies in the School of Justice Studies at Liverpool John Moores University and a member of the Centre for Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion. As Alumni of the Criminal Justice Programme, Emma joined the academic team in 2012. Emma is currently serving as a Criminologist in Residence at the Foundation of Art and Creative Technology (FACT, Liverpool) (2019-2024).
Emma's work is dedicated to creative and engaged scholarship with justice-affected communities – frequently working closely with those who have military experience in their life course. Starting from the premise that experiences of the justice sector require creative forms of thought and analysis, Emma has spent 10-years working in cross-sector, interdisciplinary and international research partnerships to advocate for evidence-based practices with lived-experience at the core. Working with those who share an intellectual ambition to combine transformative justice with narrative and creative practice, Emma has co-developed and modelled alternative systems of transdisciplinary, trans-sector knowledge exchange.
Two interrelated innovations continue to drive Emma's engagement with communities and stakeholders. As the first to coin the term, Veteranality, in 2013 (Murray, 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2022), veteran voices are placed at the forefront of academic and policy debates on veteran issues. Her research has also revealed the limitations of social research in this context, which may further isolate veterans whose experiences are inherently embodied and difficult to reduce to words (Murray et al. 2019). In response, she co-authored Criminological Artivism in 2019, an interdisciplinary and collaborative research model suitable for studying those who have experienced trauma and adversity in the justice sector. This innovative research design enables research and practice partners to jointly design, deliver and disseminate research knowledge through methodologies which align participatory art with social science (Murray, Davies, Gee 2019; Jackson, Murray, Hayes, 2020; Jackson, McGowan, Murray, 2023).
Emma's role also consists of research-informed teaching and research supervision - supporting undergraduate and post-graduate students to rethink power and knowledge production for the justice sector and its communities. She has won several university awards for student-centred activities.
Degrees
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, BA Criminal Justice
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, MA Criminal Justice
Keele University, United Kingdom, Doctor of Philosophy
Certifications
2023, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Compelling Communication Skills
ILM, Introduction to Leadership and Management
Academic appointments
Reader in Military Veteran Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023 - present
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, 2013 - present
Highlighted publications
Murray E, Moorhead J, Ragonese E, Currin H. 2022. Ex- Armed Service Personnel: Journeys to harmful behaviour.
Jackson WH, Murray ET, Hayes A. 2020. Playing the Game? A criminological account of the making and sharing of Probationary: The Game of Life on Licence Probation Journal, 67 :375-392 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Barrett GA, Marshall D, Murray ET. 2019. Action Learning Report 2019: A follow-up to the National Evaluation of The Royal British Legion’s Break Services Public Url
Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. 2019. Place, Space, and Identity: The Manifold Experience of Transition In and After the Military Illness Crisis and Loss, 27 :231-234 DOI Publisher Url
Murray ET, Davies K, Gee E. 2019. The Separate System? A Conversation on Collaborative Artisic Practice with Veterans-in-Prison Lippens R, Murray E. Representing the Experience of War and Atrocity: Interdisciplinary Explorations in Visual Criminology :179-201 Palgrave Macmillan 978-3-030-13925-4 DOI Public Url
Hayes A, Jackson WH, Murray ET, Wakeman S. 2019. Playing for Change - Probationary: A Partnership Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET, Taylor P. 2019. 'Soldiering by consent' amd military-civil relations: Military transition into the public space of policing Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 27 :235-254 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Barrett GA, Murray ET, Marshall DJ. 2019. The National Evaluation of The Royal British Legion (TRBL) Breaks Services 2017-2018 (Executive Summary) Public Url
Barrett GA, Murray ET, Marshall DJ. 2019. The National Evaluation of The Royal British Legion (TRBL) Breaks Services 2017-2018 Public Url
Murray E, Jackson WH, Hayes A. 2018. Playing for Change: Using artistic methods to explore experiences of probation Publisher Url
McGarry R, Murray ET. 2018. Beyond Khaki Collared Crime: Thinking Criminologically about the Military Institution and its Personnel Criminology of the Militaries Hart 9781509904877 Publisher Url
Hayes A, Jackson WH, Murray ET, Wakeman S. 2018. Probationary: The Game of Life on Licence Publisher Url Public Url
Albertson K, Banks K, Murray ET. 2017. Military Veteran Offenders: Making sense of developments in the debate to inform service delivery Prison Service Journal, 234 :23-30 Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2016. The 'Veteran Offender': A Governmental Project in England and Wales McGarry R, Walklate S. The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and War :313-330 Palgrave 978-1-137-43169-1 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2015. Criminology and War: Can violent veterans see blurred lines clearly? Walklate S, McGarry R. Criminology and War: Transgressing the Borders Routledge 978-0415722155 Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2014. Veteran offenders in Cheshire: making sense of the 'noise' The Probation Journal, 61 :251-264 DOI Publisher Url
Murray ET. 2013. Post-Army Trouble Criminal Justice Matters, 94 :20-21 DOI Publisher Url
Murray ET, Albertson K, Albertson K, Stevenson J. The South Yorkshire Armed Forces Covenant Project: Mapping of the Armed Forces Community across the region The South Yorkshire Armed Forces Covenant Project: Mapping of the Armed Forces Community across the region
Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. A Voice Less Heard, appraising the manifold experience of military veterans Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. Illness, Crisis and Loss,
Journal article
Darley D, Blundell P, Cherry L, Wong JO, Wilson AM, Vaughan S, Vandenberghe K, Taylor B, Scott K, Ridgeway T, Parker S, Olson S, Oakley L, Newman A, Murray E, Hughes DG, Bin Hasan N, Harrison J, Hall M, Guido-Bayliss L, Edah R, Eichsteller S, Dougan L, Burke B, Boucher S, Maestri-Banks A, Breaking the Boundaries Collective . 2024. Breaking the Boundaries Collective - A Manifesto for Relationship-based Practice Ethics and Social Welfare, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Jackson WH, Murray ET, Hayes A. 2020. Playing the Game? A criminological account of the making and sharing of Probationary: The Game of Life on Licence Probation Journal, 67 :375-392 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET, Taylor P. 2019. 'Soldiering by consent' amd military-civil relations: Military transition into the public space of policing Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 27 :235-254 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Albertson K, Banks K, Murray ET. 2017. Military Veteran Offenders: Making sense of developments in the debate to inform service delivery Prison Service Journal, 234 :23-30 Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2014. Veteran offenders in Cheshire: making sense of the 'noise' The Probation Journal, 61 :251-264 DOI Publisher Url
Murray ET. 2013. Post-Army Trouble Criminal Justice Matters, 94 :20-21 DOI Publisher Url
Report
Murray E, Moorhead J, Ragonese E, Currin H. 2022. Ex- Armed Service Personnel: Journeys to harmful behaviour.
Barrett GA, Marshall D, Murray ET. 2019. Action Learning Report 2019: A follow-up to the National Evaluation of The Royal British Legion’s Break Services Public Url
Hayes A, Jackson WH, Murray ET, Wakeman S. 2019. Playing for Change - Probationary: A Partnership Publisher Url Public Url
Barrett GA, Murray ET, Marshall DJ. 2019. The National Evaluation of The Royal British Legion (TRBL) Breaks Services 2017-2018 (Executive Summary) Public Url
Barrett GA, Murray ET, Marshall DJ. 2019. The National Evaluation of The Royal British Legion (TRBL) Breaks Services 2017-2018 Public Url
Steele R, Murray E, Ragonese E, Moorhead J. 2018. Evaluation of EFAN Report
Ragonese EL, Murray E. 2017. Armed forces communities and social isolation: A needs analysis for service providers in Cheshire East
Steele RH, Murray ET, Moorhead JAP. Evaluation of the EFAN project
Murray ET, Albertson K, Albertson K, Stevenson J. The South Yorkshire Armed Forces Covenant Project: Mapping of the Armed Forces Community across the region The South Yorkshire Armed Forces Covenant Project: Mapping of the Armed Forces Community across the region
Other
Currin H, Barrett G, Marshall D, Murray E. 2020. 'Doing' wellbeing in the midst of a global pandemic Publisher Url
Murray ET. Murray, E. (2016) Criminological Theory LAWCJ5012 Liverpool John Moores (Custom Publication) London: Routledge.
Editorial/letter to the editor
Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. 2019. Place, Space, and Identity: The Manifold Experience of Transition In and After the Military Illness Crisis and Loss, 27 :231-234 DOI Publisher Url
Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. A Voice Less Heard, appraising the manifold experience of military veterans Albertson K, Taylor P, Murray E. Illness, Crisis and Loss,
Chapters
Murray ET, Davies K, Gee E. 2019. The Separate System? A Conversation on Collaborative Artisic Practice with Veterans-in-Prison Lippens R, Murray E. Representing the Experience of War and Atrocity: Interdisciplinary Explorations in Visual Criminology :179-201 Palgrave Macmillan 978-3-030-13925-4 DOI Public Url
McGarry R, Murray ET. 2018. Beyond Khaki Collared Crime: Thinking Criminologically about the Military Institution and its Personnel Criminology of the Militaries Hart 9781509904877 Publisher Url
Murray ET. 2017. Militarism Morley S, Turner J, Corteen K, Taylor P. A companion to state power, liberties and rights Policy Press. Bristol Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2017. CORPS Morley S, Turner J, Corteen K, Taylor P. A companion to state power, liberties and rights Policy Press. Bristol 978-1447325826 Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2016. The 'Veteran Offender': A Governmental Project in England and Wales McGarry R, Walklate S. The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and War :313-330 Palgrave 978-1-137-43169-1 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2016. Criminology and war Corteen K, Morley S, Taylor P, Tuner J. A companion to crime, harm and victimisation. Policy Press 9781447325727
Murray ET. 2016. Soldiers and victimisation Corteen K, Morley S, Taylor P, Turner J. A companion to crime, harm and victimisation :220-222 Policy Press 9781447325727
Murray ET. 2015. Criminology and War: Can violent veterans see blurred lines clearly? Walklate S, McGarry R. Criminology and War: Transgressing the Borders Routledge 978-0415722155 Publisher Url Public Url
Murray ET. 2014. Veterans, mental disorder and criminal justice Taylor P, Corteen K, Morley S. A companion to criminal justice, mental health and risk :297-298 Policy Press. Bristol 9781447310341
Murray ET. 50 facts everyone should know about crime and punishment in Britain Treadwell J, Lynes A. 50 facts everyone should know about crime and punishment in Britain Policy Press 978-1447343813 Public Url
Internet publication
Murray E, Jackson WH, Hayes A. 2018. Playing for Change: Using artistic methods to explore experiences of probation Publisher Url
Hayes A, Jackson WH, Murray ET, Wakeman S. 2018. Probationary: The Game of Life on Licence Publisher Url Public Url
Murray E. 2017. Being a Violent Veteran amid a Criminology of War Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Books (edited)
Representing the Experience of War and Atrocity: Interdisciplinary Explorations in Visual Criminology Lippens R, Murray E. Palgrave Macmillan
Military Past, Civilian Present: International Perspectives on Veterans’ Transition from the Armed Forces Taylor P, Murray E, Albertson K. Springer
Scholarly edition
Murray E. FACT: Former Military in Prison
Highlighted activities
Fellowships:
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy. 2016
Conference presentation:
“It’s not them it’s us’: Asking violent veterans about violence’ ?” ., Criminology, Criminal Justice and Ex-Military Communities, The University of Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2016
‘Who am I now? Becoming a Criminal Veteran’, The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, Oral presentation. 2015
3. Murray, E. (2014) Panel Co-Speaker (with Ruggerio, V. & Walklate, S.) by invitation: Criminology and war: transgressing the borders for, British Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2014: “Crime, Justice and Welfare: Can the Metropole listen?, British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, University of Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2014
Conference organisation:
The North West British Society of Criminology Seminar - Co-Organiser: "Criminology, criminal justice and ex-military communities: the way ahead?” in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, International Criminological Research Unit, The Howard League and FACT, Liverpool., Successful co-application and co-organiser with Dr Ross McGarry, the University of Liverpool., https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/law-and-social-justice/conferences/criminology-criminaljustice-and-ex-military-communities/. 2016
External committees:
Criminal Justice Advisory Group for Arts Based Practice in Criminal Justice Settings for Veterans in Practice, Liverpool., Veterans in Practice, FACT, Liverpool, Academic Member. 2016
Award:
Vice Chancellor's Award of 'Rising Star in Teaching and Learning' LJMU, Liverpool John Moores Teaching and Learning Academy, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/ljmu-teaching-and-learning-academy-formally-launched. 2016
Membership of professional bodies:
Member, British Society of Criminology. 2009
Media Coverage:
Professional activities
Industrial connections:
Vox Liminis, Trustee on Board of Governors. 2024
Media Coverage:
Media coverage of FACT, Liverpool's Programme Launch 2023-2024 2023
Crime Bites: Veterans in The Criminal Justice System
Reimagining the Veteran Film Project
Other invited event:
FACT, Liverpool Programme Launch, Why a criminologist in Residence, https://theguideliverpool.com/fact-liverpool-has-unveiled-a-packed-programme-for-2023-24/. 2023
Reimagining the veteran: a better future for veterans in custody, Student Life Building, Liverpool, Big Ideas, LJMU. 2023
Ex-Armed Forces Personnel: Journeys to Harmful Behaviour Research Seminar with Office for Veteran Affairs, Online, Knowledge Exchange Research Seminar based on Murray et, al., (2022). 2022
Howard League for Penal Reform: Crime, Justice and the Human Condition, Keble Collage, Oxford, Invited Speaker. 2022
How can artworks influence decision making?, Online: https://www.fact.co.uk/event/how-can-artworks-influence-decision-making, Conversation moderator https://youtu.be/TAF3c4C7MZU. 2022
The Great Pilgramage 90: The Royal British Legion, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Invited as 'community influencer' for Merseyside by the Royal British Legion. 2018
Reimagining the Veteran in Pedagogy, Policy and Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, Attending to Military Identity in Civilian Life. 2017
To Serve: Veterans in Prison Programme, FACT, Liverpool, The Separate System premiered at a public screening and artist discussion event at FACT in April 2017. Showing alongside FF Gaiden: Control, FACT’s pilot project working in local prisons, project artist Katie Davies was joined by Larry Achiampong and David Blandy for an artist discussion chaired by Dr Emma Murray, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University and Director of the Reimagining Conflict: Policy, Pedagogy and the Arts research centre.. 2017
Research Grants Awarded:
Quality Research Policy Support Fund, LJMU, Criminological Artivism: Proof of Concept, Will Jackson and Will McGowan, Grant value (£): 8000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2022
Quality Research Policy Support Fund, Supporting veterans in the justice, defence, health, social care and third sector(s): An influencing implementation study in partnership with the Probation Institute and collaboration with the Cabinet Office, Ester Ragonese and Justin Moorhead, Grant value (£): 8000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2022
Forces in Mind Trust, Ex-military personnel: Journeys to Harmful Behaviour, The Probation Institute, Grant value (£): 80, 404, Duration of research project: 18 months. 2019
Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Resolution, FACT as lead partner, Grant value (£): 187, 645, Duration of research project: 5 years. 2018
Liverpool John Moores University, Aligned Artivism: Placing criminological scholarship at the centre of a unique dialogue between socially engaged art and penal reform (Pump Priming Activity), Dr William Jackson, Ms Anne Hayes, Dr Steve Wakeman, Grant value (£): 9, 790, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2017
The Probation Service, Evaluation of EFAN, Rachael Steele, Ester Ragonese, Justin Moorhead, Grant value (£): 15,000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2017
The Royal British Legion, An National Evaluation of the Royal British Legion Breaks Services, Dr Giles Barrett (PI), Grant value (£): 220, 251, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2017
Liverpool John Moores University QR Funding, Artivism: changing perspectives on the lived experience of probation in Merseyside, Dr Janet Jamieson, Dr William Jackson, Ms Anne Hayes, Dr Steve Wakeman, Grant value (£): 2,335, Duration of research project: 4 months. 2017
External PGR examinations performed:
Northumbria University, PhD, Improving Access to Health and Social Care for Vulnerable Armed Forces Veterans following Transition to Civilian Life. 2022
University of Wolverhampton, PhD, Probation Officers Attitudes Towards Balancing Public Protection and Human Rights in the Risk Management Framework of MAPPA. 2020
Kings Collage London, PhD, In-service offending behaviour amoung UK militray personnel. 2019
University of Chester, PhD, An Exploratory Study in to British Military Veterans’ Involvement in the Criminal Justice System.. 2018
External PGR Supervision - completed students:
Liverpool John Moores University, PhD, Ex-military Personnel in the Criminal Justice System: An exploration of the violence committed across the military life course and the role of alcohol within this violence. 2019
External collaboration:
Liverpool John Moores University, The Probation Institute. 2018
Liverpool John Moores University, FACT (The Foundation of Art and Creative Technology). 2017
Liverpool John Moores University, Royal British Legion. 2017
https://shura.shu.ac.uk/25026/1/Albertson%20et%20al%202019%20South%20Yorkshire%20Armed%20Forces%20Covenant%20Model%20report.pdf, Sheffield Hallam University, Dr Katherine Albertson. 2016
Liverpool John Moores University, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology. 2015
Liverpool John Moores University, Howard League for Penal Reform.
Award:
Community Influencer for Merseyside, Royal British Legion. 2018
The Vice Chancellors for Spotlight: Innovation in Research Awarded Runner Up Prize, Liverpool John Moores University. 2016
Vice Chancellor's Award of 'Rising Star in Teaching and Learning' LJMU, Liverpool John Moores Teaching and Learning Academy, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/ljmu-teaching-and-learning-academy-formally-launched. 2016
Fellowships:
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy. 2016
Conference presentation:
“It’s not them it’s us’: Asking violent veterans about violence’ ?” ., Criminology, Criminal Justice and Ex-Military Communities, The University of Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2016
‘Who am I now? Becoming a Criminal Veteran’, The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, Oral presentation. 2015
3. Murray, E. (2014) Panel Co-Speaker (with Ruggerio, V. & Walklate, S.) by invitation: Criminology and war: transgressing the borders for, British Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2014: “Crime, Justice and Welfare: Can the Metropole listen?, British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, University of Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2014
Good Criminals: Towards an Understanding of Criminal Veteran Identities, The Idea of Military Criminology’ hosted by the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oniti, Spain., Oral presentation. 2014
Panel: The Criminology of War: What is a good for?, British Society of Criminology Annual Conference “Criminology at the Borders”, Portsmouth University, Oral presentation. 2013
Veteranality: Uncovered, A Military Criminology, Flinders University. Adelaide, Australia., Oral presentation. 2013
Criminology, Victimology & War, Soldiers and Society, University of Reading, Oral presentation. 2012
Conference organisation:
The North West British Society of Criminology Seminar - Co-Organiser: "Criminology, criminal justice and ex-military communities: the way ahead?” in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, International Criminological Research Unit, The Howard League and FACT, Liverpool., Successful co-application and co-organiser with Dr Ross McGarry, the University of Liverpool., https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/law-and-social-justice/conferences/criminology-criminaljustice-and-ex-military-communities/. 2016
External committees:
Criminal Justice Advisory Group for Arts Based Practice in Criminal Justice Settings for Veterans in Practice, Liverpool., Veterans in Practice, FACT, Liverpool, Academic Member. 2016
Membership of professional bodies:
Member, British Society of Criminology. 2009
Other Professional Activity:
Expert Advisor on South Yorkshire Armed Forces Covenant Project in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University.