Claudia Murdoch

Portrait of Claudia Murdoch in front of a grey background

Qualifications

BA(Hons), MA (Wgtn)

MA Thesis: Murdoch, C. (2025). “Every kid’s worth saving. Every kid’s worth investing in.” Restorative practice in New Zealand schools: the challenges and successes. Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.29614460

Research Specialties

Critical criminology, alternatives to punishment, restorative practice in New Zealand schools, the school-to-prison pipeline, alternative justice, conditions of confinement, custodial remand, criminological research methods and design.

Publications

Murdoch, C., & Lamusse, T. (2026). ‘If they can’t see a punishment, they’re not happy’: Punitive Attitudes as Barriers to Restorative Practice in New Zealand Schools. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. https://doi.org/10.1002/kot2.70035

Murdoch, C., & Lamusse, T. (forthcoming). Remanded in prison: Conditions of confinement for people who have not been sentenced to imprisonment. Custodial remand before trial or prison sentence.

Awards

  • Summer Research Scholarship, Summer 2025-2026
  • Masters with Distinction, May 2025
  • Wellington Masters by Thesis Scholarship, December 2023
  • First Class Honours, November 2023
  • John Robson Prize for Top Honours Criminology Student, November 2023

Teaching

Teaching Fellow 
CRIM 430: Criminology Theory, Crim 316: Criminological Theory, Crim 111 Introduction to Criminology in 2026

Guest lecture
CRIM 430: Criminology Theory in 2026
CRIM 431: Criminology Research Methods, Crim 316: Criminological Theory in 2025

Head tutor
CRIM 316: Criminological Theory in 2024 and 2025

Tutor 
CRIM 202: Crime in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024 and 2025
CRIM 314 Special Topic, Delinquency, Ethnicity and Gangs in 2024
CRIM 326: Criminological Research Methods in 2023
CRIM 316: Criminological Theory in 2023