Dr Anthony Murphy CPsychol, AFBPsS, SFHEA

Dr Anthony Murphy

School of Psychology
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Contact details

Email
a.d.murphy@bham.ac.uk

Anthony has a background in forensic and clinical forensic psychology and has published several research papers in areas of policing and investigation of violent crimes against the person and clinical management in psychiatric care.

He is an enthusiastic researcher, educator, and psychologist working with national and international collaborators on victim and service-user focused research. He is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Psychology 2015
  • PGCert Higher Education, Teaching and Learning 2014
  • PGCert Research Methods and Statistics 2011
  • MSc Forensic Psychology 2009
  • BSc Psychology 2007

Biography

Dr Murphy developed an interest in forensic psychology during his undergraduate studies at Middlesex University, and after completing an MSc in forensic psychology, he began working in medium and high secure forensic care with high risk violent psychiatric offenders in the United Kingdom. Anthony was offered a PhD scholarship with Middlesex University after developing a study to examine the experiences of parents who gain a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Following which, he went on to teach at the University of West London and King’s College London. Eventually moving to Middlesex University, Dubai where he grew his research and continued to teach across the undergraduate programme.

Dr Murphy moved to the University 麻豆精选 in September 2020 where he aims to contribute to a flourishing research culture and world class education.

His recent research aims to use the tools of psychology to improve policing, investigation, and outcomes for victims, specifically in relation to crimes against the person, focusing on rape, violence, and domestic abuse.

Postgraduate supervision

  • Policing
  • Forensic mental health
  • Service-user experience
  • Victims of crime

Research

  • Experiences of victims of crime
  • Violence
  • Policing and investigation
  • Mental illness and offending
  • Psychiatric care outcomes
  • Personality disorder

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Murphy, A, Elbarazi, I, Horen, N, Ismail-Allouche, Z, Long, T, McNeill, A, Arafat, C & England, D 2025, '', BMC Psychiatry, vol. 25, 165.

Long, T, Murphy, A, Elbarazi, I, Ismail-Allouche, Z, Horen, N, Masuadi, E, Trevithick, C & Arafat, C 2024, '', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 151, 106734.

Webster, CA, M卯ndrila, D, Murphy, AD, Bani膰evi膰, I, Peri膰, D, Stanki膰, D & Bani膰evi膰, 沤 2024, '', Psychology in the Schools.

Widanaralalage, BK, Murphy, AD & Loughlin, C 2024, '', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, vol. 18, no. 1, 15 .

Murphy, A, England, D, Elbarazi, I, Horen, N, Long, T, Ismail-Allouche, Z & Arafat, C 2024, '', Frontiers in public health, vol. 12, 1397012.

Widanaralalage, BK, Hine, BA, Murphy, AD & Murji, K 2023, '', Violence and victims.

Conroy, E, Willmott, D, Murphy, A & Widanaralalage, BK 2023, '', Mental Health and Social Inclusion.

Stewart, S, Willmott, D, Murphy, A & Phillips, C 2023, '', The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry Psychology.

Widanaralalage, BK, Hine, BA, Murphy, AD & Murji, K 2022, '', Victims Offenders, pp. 1-26.

Murphy, A, Hine, B, Yesberg, JA, Wunsch, D & Charleton, B 2022, '', Psychology, Crime and Law, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 82-114.

Hine, B, Murphy, A & Churchyard, J 2021, '', Heliyon, vol. 7, no. 6, e07421.

Hine, BA, Murphy, AD, Yesberg, JA, Wunsch, D, Charleton, B & Widanaralalage Don, BKS 2020, '', Police Practice and Research, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 109-126.

Hine, B & Murphy, A 2019, '', Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 60, pp. 100-107.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Murphy, A 2022, . in E Johnston (ed.), Challenges in Criminal Justice. 1 edn, Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 141-163.

Chapter

Widanaralalage Don, BKS, Hine, BA & Murphy, A 2022, . in A Tarrant, L Ladlow & L Way (eds), Men and Welfare. 1st edn, Routledge, pp. 140-150.