Crofts, Penny
University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor Crofts is an international expert on criminal law, models of culpability and the legal regulation of the sex industry. Her research is cross-disciplinary, drawing upon a range of historical, philosophical, empirical and literary materials to enrich her analysis of the law. Her research is in the area of socio-legal studies coalescing around issues of justice in criminal law in practice and theory makes a distinctive contribution to critical evaluations of criminal legal models of culpability and enforcement. Many of her recommendations for the legal regulation of brothels have informed Parliamentary debates, influenced council planning policies and shaped proposed law reforms. Her analysis of criminal legal models of wickedness has contributed to a jurisprudence of blameworthiness.
Contributions
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Criminalising Institutional Failures to Prevent, Identify or React to Child Sexual Abuse
Articles
Vol. 6 No. 3 (2017)
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Special Edition: Limits and Prospects of Criminal Law Reform – Past, Present, Future
Editorial
Vol. 6 No. 3 (2017)
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How Sex Worker Activism Influenced the Decriminalisation of Sex Work in NSW, Australia.
Articles
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019): The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy