Briony Jane Murphy
Monash University, Australia
Biography
Briony Jane Murphy is a PhD scholar (March 2014) with the Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University. She is using existing medico-legal death investigation information to describe the frequency, nature and potential risk or protective factors of intentional deaths among nursing home residents in Australia. The expected completion date is March 2017. She has a background in criminal justice administration and injury prevention research after graduating from RMIT in 2013 with first class honours in Criminal Justice Administration (BA) completing a thesis titled ‘Service contacts proximate to intimate partner homicide’. Her research interests include Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Public Health and Aged Care.
Abstract
Abstract : Investigating intentional cause deaths among nursing home residents
