Dr. Murray continues to research the effect of urban environments on crime, particularly with regard to how they have affected policing and community social control. She, along with Dr. Dawn Irlbeck, Dr. John Crank of UNO and former Omaha Police Dept. Deputy Chief Mark Sundermeier, published the book Mission Based Policing in the Summer of 2011. This book combines a look at hot spot and urban policing that uses an environmental influence, and has been nominated for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Outstanding Book of 2011. In addition, Drs. Murray and Irlbeck have successfully obtained a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for a Nebraska State Victim Assistance Academy Initiative, which will be launched in the Summer of 2013. Dr. Murray continues her work with the Police Research and Policy Group, a multi-institutional research consortium aimed at alleviating crime in omaha, and the Nebraska Innocence Project, which aims to free wrongfully convicted individuals and educate the public on the problem of wrongful convictions. She is currently working on research with former Creighton student Laurel Gegner on how police policies might affect risk of wrongful conviction in Nebraska.

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Rebecca K. Murray, PhD
Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
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Creighton University
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Omaha, NE 68178

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