Overview
Background
Over the past three decades, Professor Bronitt has published widely, ranging across criminal law and criminal justice, gender violence, policing and terrorism law, and corruption. Recent publications include Federal Proceeds of Crime Law (Thomson Reuters, 2023), Law in Context (5th ed, Federation Press, 2023), Rape Law in Context (Federation Press, 2018), and Principles of Criminal Law (4th ed, Thomson Reuters, 2017). In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
Professor Bronitt was a Professor at the UQ Law School for five years and served as Deputy Head of School and Deputy Dean (Research) from June 2014 to 2018. He joined the Sydney Law School in 2019 as Head and Dean (2019-2024). He previously served as the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, hosted by Griffith University (2009-2014).
Availability
- Honorary Professor Simon Bronitt is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Law, University of Cambridge
Research interests
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Criminal Justice
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Criminal Law
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Criminology
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Human Rights Law
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Policing
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Law and History
Works
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2014
Journal Article
Reforming Sexual Offences in India: Lessons in Human Rights and Comparative Law
Bronitt, Simon and Misra, Ashutosh (2014). Reforming Sexual Offences in India: Lessons in Human Rights and Comparative Law. Griffith Asia Quarterly, 2 (1), 37-56.
2014
Journal Article
Human rights and policing
Bronitt, Simon, O'Brien, Melanie and Bull, Melissa (2014). Human rights and policing. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 20 (2), 200-200.
2013
Book Chapter
Legal myth busting and frontline mental health decision making
Bronitt, Simon and Gath, Jane (2013). Legal myth busting and frontline mental health decision making. Policing and the Mentally Ill: International Perspectives. (pp. 235-245) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.1201/b14853-18
2013
Journal Article
Crime, punishment, family violence, and the cloak of legal invisibility
Bronitt, Simon and Kukulies-Smith, Wendy (2013). Crime, punishment, family violence, and the cloak of legal invisibility. Journal of Australian Studies, 37 (3), 390-401. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2013.814583
2013
Journal Article
Police gifts and benefits scandals: addressing deficits in policy, leadership and enforcement
Prenzler, Tim, Beckley, Alan and Bronitt, Simon (2013). Police gifts and benefits scandals: addressing deficits in policy, leadership and enforcement. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 15 (4), 294-304. doi: 10.1350/ijps.2013.15.4.319
2013
Conference Publication
Deprivation of Liberty and the Enduring Legacy of the Common Law
Bronitt, Simon (2013). Deprivation of Liberty and the Enduring Legacy of the Common Law. Detention and the Problem of Deprivation of Liberty in China Today - An International Workshop, Canberra, Australia, 13-15 November.
2013
Book Chapter
Legal myth busting and frontline mental health decision making
Bronitt, Simon and Gath, Jane (2013). Legal myth busting and frontline mental health decision making. Policing and the mentally ill: international perspectives. (pp. 235-246) edited by Duncan Chappell. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
2013
Book Chapter
Critical perspectives on the evaluation of counter-terrorism strategies: counting costs of the ‘war on terror’ in Australia
Donkin, Susan and Bronitt, Simon (2013). Critical perspectives on the evaluation of counter-terrorism strategies: counting costs of the ‘war on terror’ in Australia. Counter-terrorism, human rights and the rule of law: crossing legal boundaries in defence of the state. (pp. 169-188) edited by Aniceto Masferrer and Clive Walker. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781781954478.00016
2013
Book Chapter
Beyond 'dialogues of the deaf': re-imagining policing and security research for policy and practice
Bronitt, Simon (2013). Beyond 'dialogues of the deaf': re-imagining policing and security research for policy and practice. Disciplining interdisciplinarity-integration and implementation sciences for researching complex real-world problems. (pp. 381-388) edited by Gabriele Bammer. Canberra , Australia: ANU E Press.
2012
Book Chapter
Conclusion: Shifting paradigms: Jurisdiction and criminal justice cooperation in the shadow of law
Bronitt, Simon (2012). Conclusion: Shifting paradigms: Jurisdiction and criminal justice cooperation in the shadow of law. Cross-Border Law Enforcement: Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation - European, Australian and Asia-Pacific Perspectives. (pp. 275-283) Taylor and Francis.
2012
Book
Shooting to Kill: Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force
Bronitt, Simon, Gani, Miriam and Hufnagel, Saskia (2012). Shooting to Kill: Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
2012
Book Chapter
Policing to a different beat: measuring police performance
Legrand, Timothy and Bronitt, Simon (2012). Policing to a different beat: measuring police performance. Policing and security in practice: challenges and achievements. (pp. 1-19) edited by Tim Prenzler. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137007780_1
2012
Book
Shooting to kill : socio-legal perspectives on the use of lethal force
Simon Bronitt, Miriam Gani and Saskia Hufnagel eds. (2012). Shooting to kill : socio-legal perspectives on the use of lethal force. Oñati international series in law and society, Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart.
2012
Book
Cross-border law enforcement. Regional law enforcement cooperation: European, Australian and Asia-Pacific perspectives
Saskia Hufnagel, Clive Harfield and Simon Bronitt eds. (2012). Cross-border law enforcement. Regional law enforcement cooperation: European, Australian and Asia-Pacific perspectives. Routledge Research in Transnational Crime and Criminal Law, Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge.
2012
Book
Cross Border Law Enforcement - Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation - European, Australian and Asia Pacific Perspectives
Hufnagel, Saskia, Harfield, Clive and Bronitt, Simon (2012). Cross Border Law Enforcement - Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation - European, Australian and Asia Pacific Perspectives. United Kingdom: Routledge.
2012
Book Chapter
Regulating Reasonable Force: Policing in the Shadows of the Law
Bronitt, Simon and Gani, Miriam (2012). Regulating Reasonable Force: Policing in the Shadows of the Law. Shooting to Kill: Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force. (pp. 143-169) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
2012
Book Chapter
Regulating reasonable force: policing in the shadows of the law
Bronitt, Simon and Gani, Miriam (2012). Regulating reasonable force: policing in the shadows of the law. Shooting to kill: socio-legal perspectives on the use of lethal force. (pp. 143-170) edited by Simon Bronitt, Miriam Gani and Saskia Hufnagel. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart.
2012
Book Chapter
Australian responses to 9/11: new world legal hybrids?
Bronitt, Simon and Donkin, Susan (2012). Australian responses to 9/11: new world legal hybrids?. Post 9/11 and the state of permanent legal emergency: security and humanrights in countering terrorism. (pp. 223-239) edited by Aniceto Masferrer. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4062-4_10
2012
Book Chapter
Shifting paradigms: jurisdiction and criminal justice cooperation in the shadow of the law
Bronitt, Simon (2012). Shifting paradigms: jurisdiction and criminal justice cooperation in the shadow of the law. Cross-border law enforcement. Regional law enforcement cooperation: European, Australian and Asia-Pacific perspectives. (pp. 275-284) edited by Simon Bronitt, Clive Harfield and Saskia Hufnagel. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
2012
Journal Article
Human Rights, Regulation, and National Security
Bronitt, Simon and Michael, Katina (2012). Human Rights, Regulation, and National Security. IEEE Technology and Society, 31 (1) 6164008, 15-16. doi: 10.1109/MTS.2012.2188704
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Law of Exorcism: A Socio-legal Study of Religiously Motivated Homicide
Principal Advisor
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- Preventive justice
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