Dr Seamus Murphy

Lecturer in Criminology

Seamus Murphy

My research has focused upon criminal entrepreneurship and the development of illegal and "grey" industries which subvert legislation and regulation.

This has led to an interest in how lawmakers and governments approach illegal activity which calls into question the moral and practical legitimacy of existing law.

Criminal entrepreneurship is identifiable within illicit industries including the drug trade, sex industry and mainstream regulated corporate activity.

Bearing in mind this last sector, I am seeking to develop a Corporate Crime unit for inclusion in Undergraduate and Postgraduate study.

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) History - University of Luton
  • PhD - De Montfort University

Teaching Role

  • Foundations in the Social Sciences
  • Welfare Systems
  • Understanding the Welfare State and Education

Research Interests

  • Criminal Entrepreneurship
  • Ideology
  • Social History
  • Gambling
  • Corporate Crime

Recent Publications

  • Gaming Law Review and Economics "Towards Deregulation and Beyond: The Demise of the Gaming Board and the Gambling Bill 2005."

Contact Details

Room C422
Luton campus
University Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU1 3JU
UK

E: seamus.murphy@beds.ac.uk

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