Lee, Murray

University of Sydney
18 Oct 2024 to 28 Oct 2024
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Murray Lee is a Professor in Criminology at the University of Sydney Law School. Murray’s research interests focus broadly on representations of crime and processes of criminalisation. His work on public perceptions and fear of crime has been influential at a policy and academic level, while his critical studies of sexting, the mediatization of crime and crime control, and the development of new forms surveillance such as police body worn cameras, have explored the criminalising capacities of emergent technologies. His current research projects involve the criminology of popular music or musicriminology and the criminalisation of environmental protest.

Area(s) of expertise: Crime and Media / Crime and Music / Cultural and aesthetic Criminology / Policing / Fear of Crime