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Associate Professor Thomas Crofts

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Degrees

LL.B. London LL.M. Würzburg Dr.iur. Frankfurt/O


Courses Taught

  • Criminology
  • Foundations of Law
  • Criminal Law


Areas of Interest

  • comparative criminal law
  • criminalisation
  • criminal law reform
  • criminal responsibility
  • juvenile justice


Brief Biographical Detail

Associate Professor Crofts is a graduate of University College London (LL.B.), the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Germany (LL.M.) and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/O., Germany (Dr. iur.). Prior to Sydney University Associate Professor Crofts taught Law at Murdoch University (2000–2010), the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) (1995–1999) and the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg (1993–1995). He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham and the University of Western Australia. His teaching interests are criminal law and related fields. At Sydney he teaches Criminology and Criminal Law. He has also taught in the LLM programme in Criminal Law & Criminal Justice at the University of Birmingham (Homicide) and in the Master of Criminal Justice Programme at the Crime Research Centre of the University of Western Australia (Criminology, Criminal Law and Public Policy and Theories of Punishment and Principles of Sentencing). Associate Professor Crofts has been awarded two Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Awards. His research interests are comparative criminal law, criminalisation, criminal law reform and criminal responsibility. He has published in English and German in these fields in national and international journals. He is also the author of The Criminal Responsibility of Children and Young Persons in Germany and England and co-author of the 6th edition of The Criminal Codes.

Publications

Books | Book Chapters | Refereed Journal Articles | Short Articles, Book Reviews and Case Notes | Encyclopaedia Entry | Conference Papers/Seminars


Books

  • Burton, K, Crofts, T & Tarrant, S, Principles of Criminal Law in Queensland and Western Australia, LBC: Pyrmont (2011)
  • Crofts, T, and Burton, K, The Criminal Codes: Commentary and Materials ( 6th Edition), LBC: Pyrmont (2009)
  • Crofts, T, Criminal Law in Queensland and Western Australia, LexisNexis study guide, LexisNexis (2009)
  • Kendall, C K, Jardine, A, and Crofts, T, Same Sex Relationships, A Legal Guide for Western Australians Post Law Reform (with), Murdoch Print: Perth (2004)
  • Crofts, T, The Criminal Responsibility of Children and Young Persons in Germany and England, Ashgate: Aldershot (2002)


Book Chapters

  • Crofts, T, ‘Labelling Homicides’ in S Byrd, J Hruschka and J Joerden (eds), Annual Review of Law and Ethics, Vol. 17, Duncker and Humblot: Berlin (2009) 355–383
  • Crofts, T, ‘The Criminal Responsibility of Children’ in L Young and G Monahan (eds), Children and the Law in Australia, LexisNexis: Sydney (2008) 167–186
  • Crofts, T, ‘Separating Issues of Life and Death’ in S Byrd, J Hruschka and J Joerden (eds), Annual Review of Law and Ethics, Volume 12, Duncker and Humblot: Berlin (2004) 465–480
  • Crofts, T, ‘Thurs Parents Know Best’ in Jan C Jördens and Josef N Neumann (eds), Medizinethik 5, Vol. 8, Peter Lang Verlag: Germany (2005)147–166
  • Crofts, T, ‘”The right of the Individual or the Common Good?” – The Euthanasia Debate in Australia’ in Jan C Jördens and Josef N Neumann (eds), Medizinethik 3: Ethics and Scientific Theory of Medicine, Vol. 3, Peter Lang Verlag: Germany (2002) 133–152
  • Crofts, T and Stanglow, P, ‘Treatment of disease or genetic enhancement?’ in S Byrd, J Hruschka and J Joerden (eds), Annual Review of Law and Ethics, Volume 9 (2001) Duncker and Humblot: Berlin 219–247


Refereed Journal Articles

  • Crofts, T & Mitchell, T 'Prohibited behaviour orders and Indigenous Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System' (2011) 23(2) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 277-285
  • Crofts, T & Witzleb, N, '"Naming and shaming" in Western Australia: Prohibited bevaviour orders, publicity and the decline of youth anonymity' (2011) 35(1) Criminal Law Journal 34-45
  • Crofts, T, 'The Law and (Anti-Social Behaviour) Order Campaign in Western Australia' (2011) 22(3) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 399-41
  • Crofts, T, ‘Stop and Search without Reasonable Suspicion” (2010) 35 Alternative law Journal 199–202
  • Crofts, T and Panther, N ‘Changes to Police Stop and Search Law in Western Australia: What Decent People Have to Fear’ (2010) 1 Western Australian Jurist 57–67
  • Crofts, T, ‘Taking the Age of Criminal Responsibility Seriously in England’ (2009) 17(4) European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 267–291
  • Crofts, T, ‘Two Degrees of Murder: Homicide Law Reform in England and Western Australia’ (2008) 8 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 187–210
  • Crofts, T, ‘Lagging behind Europe: The criminalisation of children in England’ (2008) 2 Humanitas Journal of European Studies 1–17
  • Crofts, T and Summerfield, T, ‘Red Light on Sex Work in Western Australia’ (2008) 33 Alternative Law Journal 209–213
  • Crofts, T and Summerfield, T, ‘Licensing: Regulating Prostitution or Enforcing Morality?’ (2007) 33(2) University of Western Australia Law Review 289–306
  • Crofts, T, ‘Die Altersgrenzen im australischen Strafrecht’ (2007) 4 Zeitschrift für Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilfe 393–400
  • Crofts, T, ‘Wilful murder, murder – what’s in a name’ (2007) 19(1) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 49–63
  • Crofts, T, ‘Rape, the Mental Element and the Codes’ (2007) 7(1) QUT Law and Justice Journal 1–15
  • Crofts, T, ‘A false alarm’ (2007) 157 New Law Journal 1226
  • Crofts, T and Summerfield, T, ‘The Licensing of Sex Work in Australia and New Zealand’ (2006) 13 Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law 269–287
  • Crofts, T, ‘Wilful murderers in Western Australia soon to get away with murder?’ (2006) 31 Alternative Law Journal 203–205
  • Crofts, T, ‘Identifying the Criminal Act in Rape’ (2005) 29 Criminal Law Journal 237–243
  • Swensen, G and Crofts, T, ‘Reforms to Minor Cannabis Offences in the United Kingdom & Western Australia’ (2005) 1 Web Journal of Current Legal Issues (11,270 words)
  • Crofts, T, ‘The Rise of the Principle of Education in the German Juvenile Justice System’ (2004) 12 International Journal of Children’s Rights 401–417
  • Crofts, T, ‘Doli Incapax: Why Children Deserve its Protection’ (2003) 10(3) Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law (7,499 words)
  • Crofts, T, ‘The Oldest Profession: At Last to be Treated as a Profession?’ (2002) 6 Sister in Law 147–167
  • Crofts, T, ‘Prostitution Law Reform’ (2002) 27 Alternative Law Journal 184–187
  • Crofts, T, ‘Mit zehn Jahren strafmündig’ (1999) 111 Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft 728–741
  • Crofts, T, ‘Rebutting the Presumption of doli incapax’ (1998) 62 Journal of Criminal Law 185–193
  • Crofts, T, ‘Die strafrechtliche Verantwortung von Kindern in England’ (1996) 108 Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft 214–228


Short Articles, Book Reviews and Case Notes

  • Crofts, T, ‘Doli incapax: in defence of a defence’ (Dec 2008/ Jan 2009) Childright 19–21
  • Crofts, T, ‘Children’ (2008) 72(1) Journal of Criminal Law 8–10
  • Crofts, T, ‘Punishing Children in Western Australia’ (2004) 2 Carpe Diem 8–10
  • Crofts, T, ‘International Criminal Law (by Kriangsak Kittiasaree)’ (2002) 3 Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 124–129
  • Crofts, T, ‘Einführung in die anglo-amerikanische Rechtssprache/ Introduction to Anglo-American Law & Language (by B. Sharon Byrd)’ (1998) 20 Jura 615–616
  • Stanglow, P and Crofts, T, ‘Kant’s Metaphysik der Sitten: 200 Jahre Tradition in der Unterscheidung von Recht und Moral’ (1997) 52 Juristen Zeitung 663–666


Encyclopaedia Entry

  • Crofts, T, Entries on constitutions of Australien, Großbritannien und Nordirland, Hongkong, Irland, Neuseeland, Singapur, Die Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (21st Edition) (2005-6)


Conference Papers/Seminars

  • Crofts, T, 'Policy Transfer and Indigenous Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System' (co-presented with Tanya Mitchell) presented at Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: An International Conference, Brisbane (2011)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Prohibitive Behaviour Orders: A New Challenge to Youth Anonymity’, ANZSOC Conference, Crime and Justice Challenges in the 21st Century: Victims, Offenders and Communities, Perth (2009)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Categorisation of Homicide’, International Conference on Homicide, Australian Institute of Criminology, Gold Coast (2008)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Developments in Youth Justice’, Yorkshire Association of Youth Justice, Wakefield (2008)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Homicide Law Reform in Western Australia’, Staff seminar, University of Birmingham (2008)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Three Degrees of Homicide’, ALTA, UWA (2007)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Licensing Prostitution’, (with Dr T. Summerfield) ALTA, UWA (2007)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Common Law, Common Roots: The Development of Australian Law’, ‘Europawoche’, University of Wolfenbüttel, Germany (2006)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Politics, Public Policy and Media’, (with Dr S. Delmege), Everyday Transformations: Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference, Perth WA (2004)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Medical procedures and criminal defences’, ‘Ethik der Medizin’, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (2003)
  • Crofts, T, ‘The presumption of criminal incapacity of children - do we still need it?’, Children and the Law: Issues in the Asia Pacific Region, Brisbane, Qld (2003)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Assessing the Criminal Liability of Children’ at What is Law Good For?: ALTA Conference, Perth, WA (2002)
  • Crofts, T, ‘The History of the Criminal Liability of Children in Germany’, Law’s Enterprise, Katoomba, NSW (2002)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Prostitution Law Reform’, Staff seminar, Murdoch University (2002)
  • Crofts, T, ‘The Current Euthanasia Debate in Australia’, Wissenschaftstheorie und Ethik der Medizin in Ostmitteleuropa, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (2000)
  • Crofts, T, ‘Treatment of disease or genetic enhancement?’, ‘Follow Up Session to the Human Analysed’, Memphis, USA (1999)
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