Professor Kristina Murphy
Professor of Criminology and ARC Futures Fellow
Institution
Griffith University
Research Area Keywords
Policing and procedural justice; Counter-terrorism; Conspiracy theories; Anti-government sentiment; Extremism.
Contact: t.murphy@griffith.edu.au
About Kristina
Kristina Murphy is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2018-2023) and Professor of Criminology at Griffith University. She joined Griffith University in 2011, having previously worked at Deakin University and the Australian National University. She received her PhD in psychology from ANU in 2002.
Kristina's research integrates social psychological theory with criminology theories to understand why people defy or comply with authorities and their decisions and laws. She is widely recognised for her research on procedural justice. Kristina has studied procedural justice across many regulatory contexts, including applying her work to study: (a) public defiance and non-compliance toward COVID-19 restrictions; (b) to understand Muslims' willingness to engage with police in collaborative counter-terrorism approaches; and (c) to understand why immigrants and ethnic minorities distrust and disengage from police. She has also recently examined the link between conspiracy theory beliefs and illegal behaviour, and is extending this work to the study of conspiracy-fueled extremism.
Kristina has been awarded numerous research grants and consultancies. Most recently she was the recipient of a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (>AUD$1 million) to examine how police can best strengthen relationships with Australia's Muslim community to prevent Islamist radicalisation and terrorism. In 2022, Kristina was named in the Asian Journal of Criminology as the world's most highly cited and influential female criminologist of the past 5 years. For more information about Kristina and her work see here.
Publications
Journal Articles
COVID-19 conspiracies, trust in authorities and duty to comply with social distancing restrictions (2022)
Murphy, K., McCarthy, M., Sargeant, E., Williamson, H.
Common or distinct pathways in the relationship between conspiracy theories and willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19? Exploring the influence of perceived health threats, trust in government, and anomie (2021)
McCarthy, M., Murphy, K., Sargeant, E. and Williamson, H.
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Counter-terrorism measures and perceptions of police legitimacy: The importance Muslims place on procedural justice, representative bureaucracy and bounded-authority concerns. (2021)
Ali, M., Murphy, K., and Cherney, A.
Reporting threats of terrorism: Stigmatisation, procedural justice and policing Muslims in Australia (2020)
Murphy, K., Madon, N.S. and Cherney, A.
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Animus toward Muslims and its association with public support for punitive counter-terrorism policies: Did the Christchurch terrorist attack mitigate this association? (2020)
Williamson, H. and Murphy, K.
Grants and Projects
2023: ARC Discovery Project: Understanding the emerging threat of conspiracy-fuelled extremism. (K. Murphy, A. Cherney, K. Hardy).
$454,196
2018-2022: ARC Future Fellowship (FT180100139. 2019 – 2022 – Engaging Muslims in the fight against terrorism: Is procedural justice policing a crucial piece of the puzzle? (CI: K. Murphy).
2017-2021: ARC Discovery Grant: DP170101149 – 2017-2019 – Policing in a multicultural society: Is procedural justice the answer? (CIs: K. Murphy, Griffith, A. Cherney, University of Queensland; E. Sargeant, Griffith; B. Bradford, Oxford University, UK).
2017: QPS Islamic Youth Deep Blue Line Program Evaluation, Queensland Police Service. (CI: K Murphy). Police program aimed at engaging at-risk Muslim youth.
2017: QPS Connected Women’s Program Evaluation, Queensland Police Service (CI: K Murphy). Police program aimed at engaging new female Muslim immigrants.
2013-2015: ARC Discovery Grant: DP130100392 – 2013-2015 – Avoiding community backlash in the fight against terrorism. (CIs: A. Cherney, UQ & K Murphy, Griffith).