Rebecca K . Murray, MA, PhD

Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Professor

Contact

RebeccaMurray@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Cultural & Social Studies
Criminal Justice
EPLY - Eppley Building - 212

Rebecca K . Murray, MA, PhD

Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Professor

Dr. Rebecca Murray is the Associate Dean of Social and Applied Sciences for the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences.  She received her Ph.D. In Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska in 2005 and has been at Creighton since then as a Sociology and now Criminal Justice faculty.  She served as chair of the Department of Cultural and Social Studies from 2012-2016.   Dr. Murray has served in several roles of faculty governance, serving two terms as Vice President of the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate, and has been an active member of the steering committee for the College's Mission Catalysts.  She has authored/co-authored 3 books and over a dozen articles that research a number of topics, including  the spatial analysis of crime,  and the effect of urban structures on crime and violence. She has also been the Primary Investigator for two grants (one federal and one state), which have supported the creation and operation of the Nebraska Victim Assistance Academy, which is located at Creighton but which serves victim advocates across the state.  She has also been the recipeint of several local grants, one of which is supporting her current research looking at judicial discretion in domestic violence protection orders.  She has partnered with the city of Omaha in evaluating several grants, including the federal Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation grant, and aiding numerous non-profit agencies with evaluating their effots at violence intervention and prevention. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Police Research and Policy Group, as well as the Nebraska Innocence Project.  

Teaching Interests

  • Criminal Justice

Research Focus

Spatial analysis of crime
Victim advocacy
Wrongful convictions
Sociology of Religion

Department

Cultural and Social Studies

Position

Professor

Books

  • Murray Rebecca K., Using Statistics in Criminal Justice 2016
  • Murray Rebecca K., Innocence Project [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Murray Rebecca K., Irlbeck Dawn M., Year 1 Evaluation of the JJPF Comprehensive Community Plan: Final Report. Douglas County, NE: Juvenile Justice Provider Forum. 2014
  • Wrongful Conviction and Criminal Justice Reform : Making Justice
    Murray Rebecca K., Gegner Laurel, Pelton Justin, Policies, procedures, and the police [Book Chapter] 2013
  • Making Justice: Wrongful Conviction and Criminal Justice Reform
    Murray Rebecca K., Gegner Laurel, Pelton Justin, Policies, Procedures and the Police: An Assessment of Wrongful Conviction Risk in Nebraska [Book Chapter] 2013
  • The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
    Murray Rebecca K., Innocence Project [Book Chapter] 2013
  • Crank John, Murray Rebecca K., Irlbeck Dawn M., Sundermeier Mark, Mission Based Policing 2011
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice: Theory, Research Methods and Statistics
    Murray Rebecca K., Examining Measurement Issues in Alcohol Establishment Research [Book Chapter] 2010
  • Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Analysis and Interpretation.
    Murray Rebecca K., Chaptern 13: Limited dependent variables [Book Chapter] 2005

Publications

  • Al-khateeb Samer, Burright Jack, Murray Rebecca, Agarwal Nitin, AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF MOBS USING THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION 2023
  • Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice
    Murray Rebecca K., Irlbeck Dawn M., Evolution of the researcher–practitioner partner model and the role of academic research partners in Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Grants
    23:1, p. 44 - 64 2020
  • Crime and Delinquency
    Murray Rebecca K., Swatt Marc L., Disaggregating the Relationship Between Schools and Crime: A Spatial Analysis
    59:2, p. 163 - 190 2013
  • Police Practice & Research
    Crank John, Sundermeier Mark, Murray Rebecca K., Irlbeck Dawn M., Mission-based policing: Rethinking the relationship of police to crime
    13:2, p. 103 - 120 2012
  • ACJS Today
    Murray Rebecca K., Researchers, Police and Crime Analysts: A Conversation with the Deaf and a Tour with the Blind
    37:1, p. 13 - 19 2012
  • Journal of Criminal Justice Education
    Maloney Erin, Gann Shaun, Murray Rebecca K., Clark John W., Hartley Richard D., Book Reviews
    20:2, p. 203 - 213 2009
  • Journal of Criminal Justice Education
    Murray Rebecca K., [Review of Mason, S. (Director). 2008 Writ Writer [motion picture] United States: Passage Productions and Independent Television Service]
    20:2 2009
  • Murray Rebecca K., All Stars Evaluation 2008-2009: Final Report 2009
  • Choice
    Murray Rebecca K., [Review of Gustavsson, Bengt. (ed.) the principles of knowledge creation: research methods in the soical sciences. E.Elgar, 2007] 2008
  • Criminal Justice Review
    Murray Rebecca K., Roncek Dennis W., Measuring diffusion of assaults around bars through radius and adjacency techniques
    33:2, p. 199 - 220 2008
  • Journal of Social and Ecological Boundries
    Murray Rebecca K., Immigrant Communities and Media Perceptions of Place
    3:2, p. 33 - 52 2008
  • Journal of Drug Issues
    Herz Denise C., Murray Rebecca, Exploring arrestee drug use in rural Nebraska
    33:1, p. 99 - 117 2003
  • Comparative Sociology
    Maguire Edward R., Schulte-Murray Rebecca, Issues and Patterns in the Comparative International Study of Police Strength
    42:1-2, p. 74 - 100 2001
  • Review of Religious Research
    Harper Charles L., Schulte-Murray Rebecca K., Religion and the sociology of culture
    40:2, p. 101 - 119 1998

Other

  • Just one Jesuit: Communities' Accounts of the Effects of Clergy Sexual Abuse Through the Lens of a Singular Priest's Mission Activities

  • Just one Jesuit: Communities' Accounts of the Effects of Clergy Sexual Abuse Through the Lens of a Singular Priest's Mission Activities

Awards

  • Service Award
    In appreciation for outstanding service to the university with Strategic Planning
    Strategic Planning Committee
  • Rising Star Alumni Award
    Presented to an alumnus for a rapid record of accomplishments reflecting the education received in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha
    University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Finalist - Outstanding Book Award 2011
    Nominee along with Dr. Dawn Irlbeck for Outstanding Book of 2011 for Mission Based Policing
    Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences