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Professor Tyrone Kirchengast

BA (Hons) / LLB (Hons) (Macq) GradDipLegPrac (ColLaw) PhD (La Trobe)

Professor of Criminal Law

Phone

+61 2 8627 6892

Fax

+61 2 9351 0200

Email

tyrone.kirchengast@sydney.edu.au

Address

F10 - Law School (Camperdown)

The University of Sydney

Websites

Social Science Research Network

Academia.edu

ResearchGate

Biographical details

Dr Tyrone Kirchengast is Professor of Criminal Law and Program Director for Criminology at the University of Sydney Law School. He is a member of the Sydney Institute of Criminology. Tyrone is a global expert on crime victim rights and improving victim’s access to justice. He has published widely on the integration of victims in the adversarial criminal trial, and is series co-editor for Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology.

Research interests

Criminal law and procedure
Victims and the criminal trial
Victim rights in domestic and international law
Restorative and therapeutic justice
Sentencing and proportionality
Digital crime and the new technologies
Procedural fairness and trial process
Criminology
Criminalisation
Comparative criminal justice

Teaching and supervision

Civil and Criminal Procedure
Criminal Law
Critical Victimology

Current projects

Series co-editor for Palgrave Studies in VIctims and Victimology

Associations

Member, Sydney Institute of Criminology
Member, Australasian Law Academics Association
Member, Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies, Northumbria Law School, Northumbria University, UK
Member, Australasian Human Rights Scholars' Network

Awards and honours

Senior Visiting Fellow, UNSW Law, UNSW Sydney

Selected publications

Waller & Williams Criminal Law: Text and Cases, 15th edition

(LexisNexis, 2024)

Criminal Law in Australia, 3rd edition

(LexisNexis Butterworths, 2022)

Criminal Law in Australia, 2nd Edition

(LexisNexis Butterworths, 2020)

Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 14th edition

(LexisNexis, 2020)

Victimology and Victim Rights: International comparative perspectives

(Routledge, 2017)

Victims and the Criminal Trial

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)

Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 13th Edition

(LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016)

Criminal Law in Australia

(Butterworths, 2014)

The Criminal Trial in Law and Discourse

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)

The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)

Publications

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Books

Crofts, P., Crofts, T., Gray, S., Kirchengast, T., Naylor, B., Byrne, G. (2024). Waller & Williams Criminal Law: Text and Cases, 15th edition. Chatswood: LexisNexis. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Finlay, L. (2022). Criminal Law in Australia, 3rd edition. Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths. [More Information]
Finlay, L., Kirchengast, T. (2020). Criminal Law in Australia, 2nd Edition. Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Crofts, P., Crofts, T., Gray, S., Kirchengast, T., Naylor, B., Tudor, S. (2020). Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 14th edition. Sydney, NSW: LexisNexis.
Kirchengast, T. (2017). Victimology and Victim Rights: International comparative perspectives. Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2016). Victims and the Criminal Trial. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Crofts, P., Crofts, T., Gray, S., Kirchengast, T., Naylor, B., Tudor, S. (2016). Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 13th Edition. Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Findlay, L., Kirchengast, T. (2014). Criminal Law in Australia. Chatswood: Butterworths.
Kirchengast, T. (2010). The Criminal Trial in Law and Discourse. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kirchengast, T. (2006). The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]

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Book Chapters

Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2025). Victimhood, truth and criminal justice failure in relation to anti-homosexual violence and killings in New South Wales. In Stephen Tomsen (Eds.), Crime, Violence and Masculinities: Research Paths and Understanding, (pp. 112-126). Oxon: Routledge.
Tudor, S., Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2016). Foundations of Criminal Law. In P. Crofts, T. Crofts, S. Gray, T. Kitchengast, B. Naylor, S.Tudor (Eds.), Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 13th Edition, (pp. 1-25). Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2016). Rainbow Crossings and Conspicuous Restraint: LGBTIQ Community Protest, Assembly, and Police Discretion. In Angela Dwyer, Matthew Ball and Thomas Crofts (Eds.), Queering Criminology, (pp. 143-162). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2016). The Legal Framework of the Criminal Law. In P. Crofts, T. Crofts, S. Gray, T. Kitchengast, B. Naylor, S.Tudor (Eds.), Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 13th Edition, (pp. 27-98). Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Kirchengast, T. (2011). Victims and the police. In P. Birch, V. Herrington (Eds.), Policing in Practice, (pp. 49-66). South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Journals

Kirchengast, T. (2024). "A History of Victims of Crime: How They Reclaimed Their Rights", Stephen Strauss-Walsh. International Review of Victimology, 30(1), 218-219. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2024). 深度伪造技术规制的犯罪控制模式：法律与政策的国际视角 [Shēndù weizao ji shù guīzhi de fanzui kongzhi móshi: Falǜ yu zhengce de guóji shijiao] (Crime Control Models of Deepfake Technology Regulation: International Perspectives on Law and Policy). Criminal Justice Review, 9, 345-362.
Kirchengast, T., Tomsen, S. (2024). The Scott Johnson Case: The manslaughter plea, hatred, and criminal law reform for historic anti-homosexual and anti-trans violence in New South Wales. Criminal Law Journal, 47(3), 293-301.
Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2023). The Scott Johnson Case: Prosecuting Anti-Homosexual Violence in New South Wales. Alternative Law Journal, 48(1), 55-60. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2023). Victim Legal Representation, Procedural Change and Adversarial Criminal Trial Reform: Systemic Support for Sex Offences Victims and Survivors in Victoria. Criminal Law Journal, 47(15), 15-25.
Holder, R., Kirchengast, T. (2021). Crime Victims' Rights Commissioners: Public Interest Entities in a Regulatory Regime. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 45(1), 67-87. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2021). The Expressive Function of #VictimsLaw: Developing a Substantive and Enforceable Framework of Rights and Remedies in Response to Local Need and the Emerging forms of Victimization. Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice, 4(2), 103-118. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Badaro, T., Pardini, L. (2021). The Mixed and Hybrid Criminal Courts of Brazil: Mainstreaming Restoration, Rehabilitation and Community Justice in a Human Rights Context. International Review of Victimology, 27(1), 23-42. [More Information]
Holder, R., Kirchengast, T., Cassell, P. (2021). Transforming Crime Victims' Rights: From Myth to Reality. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 45(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2021). Victim Legal Representation and the Adversarial Criminal Trial: A Critical Analysis of Proposals for Third-Party Counsel for Complainants of Serious Sexual Violence. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 25(1), 53-72. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2020). Book Review - Jo-Anne Wemmers, 'Victimology: A Canadian Perspective'. International Review of Victimology, 26(2), 255-256. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2020). Deepfakes and Image Manipulation: Criminalisation and Control. Information and Communications Technology Law, 29(3), 308-323. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2019). A Critical Analysis of the Conduct and Fault Elements in 'Revenge Porn' Criminalisation. Criminal Law Journal, 43(4), 274-292.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2019). A Ladder Approach to Criminalising Revenge Pornography. The Journal of Criminal Law, 83(1), 87-103. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Illiadis, M., O'Connell, M. (2019). Development of the Office of Commissioner of Victims' Rights as an Appropriate Response to Improving the Experiences of Victims in the Criminal Justice System: Integrity, Access and Justice for Victims of Crime. Monash University Law Review, 45(1), 1-28. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2019). Mixed and Hybrid Systems of Justice and the Development of the Adversarial Paradigm: European Law, Inquisitorial Processes and the Development of Community Justice in the Common Law States. Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 75, 513-536. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2019). Sentencing, Proportionality, Denunciation and Deterrence: Community Impact Statements and General Harm. Criminal Law Quarterly, 67(3), 185-214.
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2019). The Legal and Policy Contexts of 'Revenge Porn' Criminalisation: The Need for Multiple Approaches. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 19(1), 1-29. [More Information]
Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2019). Victimhood, Truth and Criminal Justice Failure in Relation to Anti-Homosexual Violence and Killings in New South Wales. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31(2), 181-193. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2016). Enforceable Rights for Victims of Crime in Adversarial Justice. Revista de Victimologia / Journal of Victimology, 3, 11-42.
Kirchengast, T. (2016). The limits of criminal law and justice: 'revenge porn' criminalisation, hybrid responses, and the ideal victim. UNISA Student Law Review, 2, 96-101.
Kirchengast, T. (2016). Victims' rights and the right to review: A corollary of the victim's pre-trial rights to justice. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 5(4), 103-115. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2015). Enforceable rights for victims of crime: Shifting the state/offender paradigm in adversarial systems of criminal law and justice. Pandora's Box, 22, 25-36. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2013). Beyond normative constraints: Declining institutionalism and the emergence of substantive and procedural justice. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 41(4), 292-302. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2013). Victim lawyers, victim advocates, and the adversarial criminal trial. New Criminal Law Review, 16(4), 568-594. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2011). Les victimes comme parties prenantes d'un proces penal de type accusatoire. Criminologie, 44(2), 99-123. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2011). The landscape of victim rights in Australian homicide cases-lessons from the international experience. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 31(1), 133-163. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2010). Proportionality in Sentencing and the Restorative Justice Paradigm: 'Just Deserts' for Victims and Defendants Alike? Criminal Law and Philosophy, 4(2), 197-213. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2010). Recent Reforms to Victim's Rights and the Emerging "Normative Theory of the Criminal Trial". Criminal Law Quarterly, 56(1&2), 82-115.
Kirchengast, T. (2009). Criminal Injuries Compensation, Victim Assistance and Restoration in Australian Sentencing Law. International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing, 5(3), 96-119.
Kirchengast, T. (2008). Expressing a Justiciable Role for Family Victims in NSW Homicide Cases. eLaw Journal: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, 15(2), 159-167.
Kirchengast, T. (2008). Sentencing Law and the 'Emotional Catharsis' of Victim Rights in New South Wales Homicide Cases. Sydney Law Review, 30(4), 615-637.
Kirchengast, T. (2008). The Purification of Torts, the Consolidation of Criminal Law and the Decline of Victim Power. University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review, 10, 83-114.
Kirchengast, T. (2007). Integrating the Victim of Crime into NSW Homicide Cases. Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal, 7(2), 279-294.
Kirchengast, T. (2007). Victim Influence, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Sentencing Law in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal. Flinders Journal of Law Reform, 10(1), 143-159.
Kirchengast, T. (2006). Recent Developments for Victims of Crime in the NSW Justice System: The Case of Victim Impact Statements. James Cook University Law Review, 13, 125-154.
Kirchengast, T. (2005). Book Review - Steve Bolt, "Rough Deal: A Plain English Guide to Drug Laws in NSW", Redfern Legal Centre Publishing. Newcastle Law Review, 9, 103-104.
Kirchengast, T. (2005). Victim Impact Statements and the Previtera Rule: Delimiting the Voice and Representation of Family Victims in NSW Homicide Cases. University of Tasmania Law Review, 24(2), 23-47.

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Edited Journals

Holder, R., Kirchengast, T., Cassell, P. (2021). Making Rights Real: Rights Protection for Crime Victims. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 45(1). [More Information]

Conferences

Kirchengast, T. (2025). Curbing Criminalisation as First Resort: Criminal Law, Public Criminology and the Law Reform Dilemma. Criminal Law Workshop, Monash, Melbourne: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2025). Victim Legal Representation for Women and Children in Adversarial Court Proceedings: Australia and the International Context. Sixth International and Forty-Fifth All India Criminology Conference of the Indian Society of Criminology, Chennai. India: Plenary Address.
Kirchengast, T. (2024). Crime Victim Rights Frameworks: To Enforce or Not? British Society of Criminology Conference, Glasgow, Scotland: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2024). The Scott Johnson Case: The manslaughter plea, hatred, and criminal law reform for historic anti-homosexual and anti-trans violence in New South Wales. Criminal Law Workshop, University of Queensland Law School, Brisbane, QLD: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2024). Victim Legal Representation, Strategic Litigation, and Adversarial Criminal Trial Reform: An Australian Perspective. Law and Society Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2023). Victim Legal Representation, Procedural Change and Adversarial Criminal Trial Reform: Systemic Support for Sex Offences Victims and Survivors in Victoria. Criminal Law Workshop, University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Vic: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2023). Victims' Rights and Representation: From Illusory to Enforceable. Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ) Conference - Voice, Resistance and Repair: Law and Living Together, Sydney, NSW: Panellist.
Kirchengast, T. (2022). Keynote Address - Emerging Trends and Practical Challenges. International Conference on Legal Contours of Victimology: Theory and Practice, Hyderabad, India: ICFAI Law School.
Kirchengast, T. (2021). Neurotechnology and the Future of Criminal Law. Australian Society for Computers and the Law, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2021). The Role of Victims in the Criminal Justice System: Participants or Observers? Beyond Punishment Seminar Series, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2020). Criminal Process for Young Offenders in NSW, Australia. Induction Training Programme for Civil Judges, Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy, Chennai, India: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2020). The Criminalisation of Deepfakes. Auckland Criminal Law Workshop, University of Auckland, New Zealand: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2020). The Prospects of Victims' Law: Developing a Substantive and Enforceable Framework of Rights in Response to Local Need and the Emerging forms of Victimization. 7th International and 11th Biennial Conference of the Indian Society of Victimology, University of Madras, Chennai, India: Plenary Address.
Kirchengast, T. (2019). Victim Representation in the Criminal Trial Process. Criminal Law Workshop, Adelaide Law School, Adelaide, SA: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2018). A Critical Analysis of the Conduct and Fault Elements in 'Revenge Porn' Criminalisation. 7th National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sydney Law Symposium 2018: Multiple Perspectives on the Criminal Law, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2018). Progressing Crime Victim Rights in Adversarial Systems of Justice. 16th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology 2018, Victims and Victimization: Moving Towards an International Victimology, Hong Kong: Presentation.
Cassell, P., Kirchengast, T., Holder, R., Manikis, M. (2018). Victim Rights: Critical Perspectives on Enforcement. 16th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology 2018, Victims and Victimization: Moving Towards an International Victimology, Hong Kong: Presentation.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2017). Criminalisation, new technologies and the non-consensual distribution of intimate images. Centre for Criminology Seminar 2017: Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Presentation. [More Information]
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2016). Criminalising Revenge Pornography. British Society of Criminology Conference 2016: Inequalities in a Diverse World, Nottingham, England: Presentation.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T., Flynn, A. (2015). Digital Technologies and Revenge Pornography. Cybercrime Studies Centre Seminar Series: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA: Presentation.
Flynn, A., Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2015). Revenge Porn, Victims, and Prosecutorial Charging Decisions: The Australian Experience. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 2015: The Politics of Crime & Justice, Washington, DC, USA: Presentation.
Flynn, A., Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2015). Revenge Pornography Harms and Legal Interventions: An Australian Reflection. School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University 2015, Newark, NJ, USA: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2015). Victim's Rights and the Right to Review. Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: 3rd International Conference 2015, Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Presentation.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2014). DIY Rainbow Crossings: Graffiti, Deviance, Resistance, Protest. Queer Criminologies Symposium 2014, Brisbane, Qld: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2013). Beyond normative constraints: Declining institutionalism and the emergence of substantive and procedural justice. 6th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2012, Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania.
Kirchengast, T. (2011). Problem solving justice and the adversarial paradigm. 5th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Townsville, Queensland: James Cook University.
Kirchengast, T. (2009). Integrating restorative approaches in victims' compensation and assistance. 3rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Monash University.
Kirchengast, T. (2001). The integration of victim lawyers into the adversarial criminal trial. 4th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney, Australia: Sydney Institute of Criminology.

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Other

Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2018), 'Victim's Rights, Truth and Justice: Denial of Legitimate Victimhood in Anti-Homosexual Violence and Killings in New South Wales', Public Submission to "Inquiry into Gay and Transgender Hate Crimes Between 1970 and 2010".
Kirchengast, T. (2018), Public Submission to The Treasury, Australian Government, on the Early Release of Superannuation Benefits to Victims of Crime. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Braun, K. (2017), Joint Public Submission to the New South Wales Sentencing Council on Victims' Involvement in Sentencing. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2017), Public Submission to the New South Wales Sentencing Council on Victims' Involvement in Sentencing. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2016), Submission to NSW Department of Justice regarding the Discussion Paper, "The sharing of intimate images without consent - 'revenge porn'". [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2015), Public Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission regarding Consultation Paper, "The Role of Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial Process". [More Information]

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Research Reports

Kirchengast, T. (2014). Final Report - Executive Summary: Participation of Victims of Crime in New South Wales Court Processes, (pp. 1 - 105). Australia: Victims Services, Department of Justice.
Kirchengast, T. (2014). Participation of Victims of Crime in New South Wales Court Processes: Final Report - Full Report, (pp. 1 - 312). Sydney, Australia: Victims Services, Department of Justice.
Kirchengast, T. (2014). Participation of Victims of Crime in NSW Court Processes: Summary Information Sheet, (pp. 1 - 4). Australia: Victims Services, Department of Justice.

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2025

Kirchengast, T. (2025). Curbing Criminalisation as First Resort: Criminal Law, Public Criminology and the Law Reform Dilemma. Criminal Law Workshop, Monash, Melbourne: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2025). Victim Legal Representation for Women and Children in Adversarial Court Proceedings: Australia and the International Context. Sixth International and Forty-Fifth All India Criminology Conference of the Indian Society of Criminology, Chennai. India: Plenary Address.
Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2025). Victimhood, truth and criminal justice failure in relation to anti-homosexual violence and killings in New South Wales. In Stephen Tomsen (Eds.), Crime, Violence and Masculinities: Research Paths and Understanding, (pp. 112-126). Oxon: Routledge.

2024

Kirchengast, T. (2024). "A History of Victims of Crime: How They Reclaimed Their Rights", Stephen Strauss-Walsh. International Review of Victimology, 30(1), 218-219. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2024). 深度伪造技术规制的犯罪控制模式：法律与政策的国际视角 [Shēndù weizao ji shù guīzhi de fanzui kongzhi móshi: Falǜ yu zhengce de guóji shijiao] (Crime Control Models of Deepfake Technology Regulation: International Perspectives on Law and Policy). Criminal Justice Review, 9, 345-362.
Kirchengast, T. (2024). Crime Victim Rights Frameworks: To Enforce or Not? British Society of Criminology Conference, Glasgow, Scotland: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T., Tomsen, S. (2024). The Scott Johnson Case: The manslaughter plea, hatred, and criminal law reform for historic anti-homosexual and anti-trans violence in New South Wales. Criminal Law Journal, 47(3), 293-301.
Kirchengast, T. (2024). The Scott Johnson Case: The manslaughter plea, hatred, and criminal law reform for historic anti-homosexual and anti-trans violence in New South Wales. Criminal Law Workshop, University of Queensland Law School, Brisbane, QLD: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2024). Victim Legal Representation, Strategic Litigation, and Adversarial Criminal Trial Reform: An Australian Perspective. Law and Society Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado: Presentation.
Crofts, P., Crofts, T., Gray, S., Kirchengast, T., Naylor, B., Byrne, G. (2024). Waller & Williams Criminal Law: Text and Cases, 15th edition. Chatswood: LexisNexis. [More Information]

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2023

Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2023). The Scott Johnson Case: Prosecuting Anti-Homosexual Violence in New South Wales. Alternative Law Journal, 48(1), 55-60. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2023). Victim Legal Representation, Procedural Change and Adversarial Criminal Trial Reform: Systemic Support for Sex Offences Victims and Survivors in Victoria. Criminal Law Journal, 47(15), 15-25.
Kirchengast, T. (2023). Victim Legal Representation, Procedural Change and Adversarial Criminal Trial Reform: Systemic Support for Sex Offences Victims and Survivors in Victoria. Criminal Law Workshop, University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Vic: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2023). Victims' Rights and Representation: From Illusory to Enforceable. Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ) Conference - Voice, Resistance and Repair: Law and Living Together, Sydney, NSW: Panellist.

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2022

Kirchengast, T., Finlay, L. (2022). Criminal Law in Australia, 3rd edition. Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2022). Keynote Address - Emerging Trends and Practical Challenges. International Conference on Legal Contours of Victimology: Theory and Practice, Hyderabad, India: ICFAI Law School.

2021

Holder, R., Kirchengast, T. (2021). Crime Victims' Rights Commissioners: Public Interest Entities in a Regulatory Regime. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 45(1), 67-87. [More Information]
Holder, R., Kirchengast, T., Cassell, P. (2021). Making Rights Real: Rights Protection for Crime Victims. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 45(1). [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2021). Neurotechnology and the Future of Criminal Law. Australian Society for Computers and the Law, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2021). The Expressive Function of #VictimsLaw: Developing a Substantive and Enforceable Framework of Rights and Remedies in Response to Local Need and the Emerging forms of Victimization. Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice, 4(2), 103-118. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Badaro, T., Pardini, L. (2021). The Mixed and Hybrid Criminal Courts of Brazil: Mainstreaming Restoration, Rehabilitation and Community Justice in a Human Rights Context. International Review of Victimology, 27(1), 23-42. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2021). The Role of Victims in the Criminal Justice System: Participants or Observers? Beyond Punishment Seminar Series, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
Holder, R., Kirchengast, T., Cassell, P. (2021). Transforming Crime Victims' Rights: From Myth to Reality. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 45(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2021). Victim Legal Representation and the Adversarial Criminal Trial: A Critical Analysis of Proposals for Third-Party Counsel for Complainants of Serious Sexual Violence. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 25(1), 53-72. [More Information]

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2020

Kirchengast, T. (2020). Book Review - Jo-Anne Wemmers, 'Victimology: A Canadian Perspective'. International Review of Victimology, 26(2), 255-256. [More Information]
Finlay, L., Kirchengast, T. (2020). Criminal Law in Australia, 2nd Edition. Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Kirchengast, T. (2020). Criminal Process for Young Offenders in NSW, Australia. Induction Training Programme for Civil Judges, Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy, Chennai, India: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2020). Deepfakes and Image Manipulation: Criminalisation and Control. Information and Communications Technology Law, 29(3), 308-323. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2020). The Criminalisation of Deepfakes. Auckland Criminal Law Workshop, University of Auckland, New Zealand: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2020). The Prospects of Victims' Law: Developing a Substantive and Enforceable Framework of Rights in Response to Local Need and the Emerging forms of Victimization. 7th International and 11th Biennial Conference of the Indian Society of Victimology, University of Madras, Chennai, India: Plenary Address.
Crofts, P., Crofts, T., Gray, S., Kirchengast, T., Naylor, B., Tudor, S. (2020). Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 14th edition. Sydney, NSW: LexisNexis.

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2019

Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2019). A Critical Analysis of the Conduct and Fault Elements in 'Revenge Porn' Criminalisation. Criminal Law Journal, 43(4), 274-292.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2019). A Ladder Approach to Criminalising Revenge Pornography. The Journal of Criminal Law, 83(1), 87-103. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Illiadis, M., O'Connell, M. (2019). Development of the Office of Commissioner of Victims' Rights as an Appropriate Response to Improving the Experiences of Victims in the Criminal Justice System: Integrity, Access and Justice for Victims of Crime. Monash University Law Review, 45(1), 1-28. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2019). Mixed and Hybrid Systems of Justice and the Development of the Adversarial Paradigm: European Law, Inquisitorial Processes and the Development of Community Justice in the Common Law States. Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 75, 513-536. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2019). Sentencing, Proportionality, Denunciation and Deterrence: Community Impact Statements and General Harm. Criminal Law Quarterly, 67(3), 185-214.
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2019). The Legal and Policy Contexts of 'Revenge Porn' Criminalisation: The Need for Multiple Approaches. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 19(1), 1-29. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2019). Victim Representation in the Criminal Trial Process. Criminal Law Workshop, Adelaide Law School, Adelaide, SA: Presentation.
Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2019). Victimhood, Truth and Criminal Justice Failure in Relation to Anti-Homosexual Violence and Killings in New South Wales. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31(2), 181-193. [More Information]

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2018

Tomsen, S., Kirchengast, T. (2018), 'Victim's Rights, Truth and Justice: Denial of Legitimate Victimhood in Anti-Homosexual Violence and Killings in New South Wales', Public Submission to "Inquiry into Gay and Transgender Hate Crimes Between 1970 and 2010".
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2018). A Critical Analysis of the Conduct and Fault Elements in 'Revenge Porn' Criminalisation. 7th National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sydney Law Symposium 2018: Multiple Perspectives on the Criminal Law, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2018). Progressing Crime Victim Rights in Adversarial Systems of Justice. 16th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology 2018, Victims and Victimization: Moving Towards an International Victimology, Hong Kong: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2018), Public Submission to The Treasury, Australian Government, on the Early Release of Superannuation Benefits to Victims of Crime. [More Information]
Cassell, P., Kirchengast, T., Holder, R., Manikis, M. (2018). Victim Rights: Critical Perspectives on Enforcement. 16th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology 2018, Victims and Victimization: Moving Towards an International Victimology, Hong Kong: Presentation.

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2017

Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2017). Criminalisation, new technologies and the non-consensual distribution of intimate images. Centre for Criminology Seminar 2017: Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Presentation. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Braun, K. (2017), Joint Public Submission to the New South Wales Sentencing Council on Victims' Involvement in Sentencing. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2017), Public Submission to the New South Wales Sentencing Council on Victims' Involvement in Sentencing. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2017). Victimology and Victim Rights: International comparative perspectives. Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]

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2016

Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2016). Criminalising Revenge Pornography. British Society of Criminology Conference 2016: Inequalities in a Diverse World, Nottingham, England: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2016). Enforceable Rights for Victims of Crime in Adversarial Justice. Revista de Victimologia / Journal of Victimology, 3, 11-42.
Tudor, S., Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2016). Foundations of Criminal Law. In P. Crofts, T. Crofts, S. Gray, T. Kitchengast, B. Naylor, S.Tudor (Eds.), Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 13th Edition, (pp. 1-25). Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2016). Rainbow Crossings and Conspicuous Restraint: LGBTIQ Community Protest, Assembly, and Police Discretion. In Angela Dwyer, Matthew Ball and Thomas Crofts (Eds.), Queering Criminology, (pp. 143-162). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2016), Submission to NSW Department of Justice regarding the Discussion Paper, "The sharing of intimate images without consent - 'revenge porn'". [More Information]
Kirchengast, T., Crofts, T. (2016). The Legal Framework of the Criminal Law. In P. Crofts, T. Crofts, S. Gray, T. Kitchengast, B. Naylor, S.Tudor (Eds.), Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 13th Edition, (pp. 27-98). Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Kirchengast, T. (2016). The limits of criminal law and justice: 'revenge porn' criminalisation, hybrid responses, and the ideal victim. UNISA Student Law Review, 2, 96-101.
Kirchengast, T. (2016). Victims and the Criminal Trial. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kirchengast, T. (2016). Victims' rights and the right to review: A corollary of the victim's pre-trial rights to justice. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 5(4), 103-115. [More Information]
Crofts, P., Crofts, T., Gray, S., Kirchengast, T., Naylor, B., Tudor, S. (2016). Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, 13th Edition. Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths.

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2015

Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T., Flynn, A. (2015). Digital Technologies and Revenge Pornography. Cybercrime Studies Centre Seminar Series: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2015). Enforceable rights for victims of crime: Shifting the state/offender paradigm in adversarial systems of criminal law and justice. Pandora's Box, 22, 25-36. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2015), Public Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission regarding Consultation Paper, "The Role of Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial Process". [More Information]
Flynn, A., Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2015). Revenge Porn, Victims, and Prosecutorial Charging Decisions: The Australian Experience. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 2015: The Politics of Crime & Justice, Washington, DC, USA: Presentation.
Flynn, A., Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2015). Revenge Pornography Harms and Legal Interventions: An Australian Reflection. School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University 2015, Newark, NJ, USA: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2015). Victim's Rights and the Right to Review. Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: 3rd International Conference 2015, Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Presentation.

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2014

Findlay, L., Kirchengast, T. (2014). Criminal Law in Australia. Chatswood: Butterworths.
Crofts, T., Kirchengast, T. (2014). DIY Rainbow Crossings: Graffiti, Deviance, Resistance, Protest. Queer Criminologies Symposium 2014, Brisbane, Qld: Presentation.
Kirchengast, T. (2014). Final Report - Executive Summary: Participation of Victims of Crime in New South Wales Court Processes, (pp. 1 - 105). Australia: Victims Services, Department of Justice.
Kirchengast, T. (2014). Participation of Victims of Crime in New South Wales Court Processes: Final Report - Full Report, (pp. 1 - 312). Sydney, Australia: Victims Services, Department of Justice.
Kirchengast, T. (2014). Participation of Victims of Crime in NSW Court Processes: Summary Information Sheet, (pp. 1 - 4). Australia: Victims Services, Department of Justice.

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2013

Kirchengast, T. (2013). Beyond normative constraints: Declining institutionalism and the emergence of substantive and procedural justice. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 41(4), 292-302. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2013). Beyond normative constraints: Declining institutionalism and the emergence of substantive and procedural justice. 6th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2012, Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania.
Kirchengast, T. (2013). Victim lawyers, victim advocates, and the adversarial criminal trial. New Criminal Law Review, 16(4), 568-594. [More Information]

2011

Kirchengast, T. (2011). Les victimes comme parties prenantes d'un proces penal de type accusatoire. Criminologie, 44(2), 99-123. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2011). Problem solving justice and the adversarial paradigm. 5th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Townsville, Queensland: James Cook University.
Kirchengast, T. (2011). The landscape of victim rights in Australian homicide cases-lessons from the international experience. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 31(1), 133-163. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2011). Victims and the police. In P. Birch, V. Herrington (Eds.), Policing in Practice, (pp. 49-66). South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan.

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2010

Kirchengast, T. (2010). Proportionality in Sentencing and the Restorative Justice Paradigm: 'Just Deserts' for Victims and Defendants Alike? Criminal Law and Philosophy, 4(2), 197-213. [More Information]
Kirchengast, T. (2010). Recent Reforms to Victim's Rights and the Emerging "Normative Theory of the Criminal Trial". Criminal Law Quarterly, 56(1&2), 82-115.
Kirchengast, T. (2010). The Criminal Trial in Law and Discourse. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

2009

Kirchengast, T. (2009). Criminal Injuries Compensation, Victim Assistance and Restoration in Australian Sentencing Law. International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing, 5(3), 96-119.
Kirchengast, T. (2009). Integrating restorative approaches in victims' compensation and assistance. 3rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Monash University.

2008

Kirchengast, T. (2008). Expressing a Justiciable Role for Family Victims in NSW Homicide Cases. eLaw Journal: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, 15(2), 159-167.
Kirchengast, T. (2008). Sentencing Law and the 'Emotional Catharsis' of Victim Rights in New South Wales Homicide Cases. Sydney Law Review, 30(4), 615-637.
Kirchengast, T. (2008). The Purification of Torts, the Consolidation of Criminal Law and the Decline of Victim Power. University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review, 10, 83-114.

2007

Kirchengast, T. (2007). Integrating the Victim of Crime into NSW Homicide Cases. Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal, 7(2), 279-294.
Kirchengast, T. (2007). Victim Influence, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Sentencing Law in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal. Flinders Journal of Law Reform, 10(1), 143-159.

2006

Kirchengast, T. (2006). Recent Developments for Victims of Crime in the NSW Justice System: The Case of Victim Impact Statements. James Cook University Law Review, 13, 125-154.
Kirchengast, T. (2006). The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]

2005

Kirchengast, T. (2005). Book Review - Steve Bolt, "Rough Deal: A Plain English Guide to Drug Laws in NSW", Redfern Legal Centre Publishing. Newcastle Law Review, 9, 103-104.
Kirchengast, T. (2005). Victim Impact Statements and the Previtera Rule: Delimiting the Voice and Representation of Family Victims in NSW Homicide Cases. University of Tasmania Law Review, 24(2), 23-47.

2001

Kirchengast, T. (2001). The integration of victim lawyers into the adversarial criminal trial. 4th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney, Australia: Sydney Institute of Criminology.

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Legal experts surprised by sentencing of Kristian White over taser death of Clare Nowland, ABC News, 29 March 2025

Jewish and Palestinian advocacy groups come together to express concern over police investigation of anti-Israel graffiti, news.com.au, 27 February 2025

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Premier may ignore legal advice and push ahead with hate speech reform, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 January 2025

Peter Dutton vows minimum mandatory sentencing for hate crimes as part of crackdown on anti-Semitism, The Nightly, 20 January 2025

Youth crime crisis: Victims to be snubbed in parole decisions, Herald Sun, 13 August 2024

Pressure on government to legislate after High Court call, PM with Samantha Donovan, ABC Radio, 15 November 2023

Questions after rare Brazil conviction for Aust murder, The West Australian, 23 June 2023

‘No room for error’: Inside the monitoring unit keeping DV offenders away from victims, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 January 2023

True crime shows are accused of profiting from trauma, ABC Radio Sydney - Triple J, 29 August 2022

Giving victims a voice or profiting off trauma? Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer series raises concerns over the ethics of true crime, ABC News, 28 August 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Andrews is ordered to front court for 'concealing TREASON and fraud' in an extraordinary win by anti-lockdown campaigners who convinced a bush court to accept a private prosecution, Daily Mail, 14 December 2021

Private prosecutions: the realm of the whacky or power abuse safeguard?, The Age, 7 July 2021

Eyeballs, underwear, high heels — why do serial killers take ‘trophies’?, Oxygen – Crime News, 7 April 2021

Writing laws for when mind meets machine, InnovationAus, 5 April 2021

Coercive control needs legislation - why the delay?, The Daily, 2SER 107.3, 5 March 2021

Police brutality amongst African Americans in the United States, The Daily, 2SER 107.3, 29 May 2020

All out to sea, Law Society Journal, 4 May 2020

A whole new world, Asian Jurist, 1 May 2020

Why the high-profile police investigation into the Ruby Princess coronavirus debacle is a 'waste of time' - with little prospect of ANY charges being laid, Daily Mail, 14 April 2020

Child sexual abuse victims should not be put off by George Pell decision, experts say, The Guardian, 9 April 2020

COVID-19 may trigger use of liberty-restricting laws, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 13 March 2020

Drugs sold on popular buy and sell website as kids items, The Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2020

Was Scott Morrison's handshake in Cobargo a battery assault?, 2SER Breakfast with Tim Brunero, 2SER 107.3, 20 January 2020

'Revenge Porn' Criminalisation, Friday Drive with Holly Mitchell, Eastside 89.7, 6 December 2019

Rushed revenge porn laws risk over-criminalisation, The National Tribune, 2 December 2019

Threshold for revenge porn laws ‘too low’, criminal experts say, Lawyers Weekly, 2 December 2019

Rushed revenge porn laws risk over-criminalisation, Mirage News, 2 December 2019

New psychoactive substances are making a mockery of drug laws, Crikey, 5 November 2019

Death of Ivan Milat, Breakfast on BBC Surry, BBC Radio 104.6, 29 October 2019

Morreu um dos maiores assassinos da Austrália (que deixou a polícia com mais perguntas do que respostas), ZAP Aeiou Portugal, 28 October 2019

Ivan Milat: Australia's 'backpacker killer' and unanswered questions, BBC News, 27 October 2019

Morreu um dos maiores assassinos da Austrália, mas os seus crimes ainda assombram o país, Diário de Notícias, 27 October 2019

Australian liftarimurhaaja on kuollut – hirviö vaani luottavaisia reppureissaajia ja surmasi surutta, Iltalehti, 27 October 2019

Era um dos maiores assassinos da Austrália. Morreu. Mas deixa crimes por resolver, DN Life, 27 October 2019

Morreu um dos maiores assassinos da Austrália, mas os seus crimes ainda assombram o país, Head Topics Portugal, 27 October 2019

Disposing of juries may be beset with controversy, Lawyers Weekly, 23 October 2019

Special Interview: Deepfake, Morning Wave in Busan with Katherine Bang, BeFM 90.5, South Korea, 21 October 2019

Mandatory sentencing for sex offences should be opposed, Lawyers Weekly, 5 September 2019

Pell appeal fail gives hope to abuse survivors, The Wire with Annie Hastwell, Radio Adelaide, 21 August 2019

How true crime podcasts can influence court cases, The Daily with Julia Carr-Catzel, 2SER 107.3, 12 August 2019

Cheryl Gimmer's family plead for justice, The Australian, 11 May 2019

Trial by media: Our true crime obsession, Law Society Journal, 9 April 2019

What are the laws around cyber abuse in Australia?, Ten Daily, 25 February 2019

The world of 'Deepfake' videos is growing at a scary pace, Ten Daily, 10 February 2019

Social media scandal: Facebook removes lewd NRL videos, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 January 2019

Scarlett Johansson says the internet is a 'virtually lawless abyss' where 'eerily realistic' porn images of her are created by perverts on a daily basis, Daily Mail, 3 January 2019

The fake porn scam targeting Australian women: How sick trolls are terrorising innocent young girls by pasting their faces into explicit sex videos, Daily Mail, 2 January 2019

Il podcast di cui si discute in Australia, Il Post, 9 December 2018

Teacher's Pet: can 28m podcast downloads change the course of a murder case?, The Guardian, 9 December 2018

The obstacles to convicting Chris Dawson of his wife's murder, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 December 2018

Ser parte en las causas, el capitulo faltante en los derechos de las victimas de delitos, Clarin, 20 June 2018

Law reform report urges greater rights for victims, The World Today with Eleanor Hall, ABC Radio National, 9 December 2016

Blinded justice, New Zealand Herald, 8 November 2009

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