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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1998
Book Chapter
Rape victims on trial: regulating the use and abuse of sexual history evidence
Bronitt, Simon and Henning, Terese (1998). Rape victims on trial: regulating the use and abuse of sexual history evidence. Balancing the Scales: Rape, Law Reform and Australian Culture. (pp. 76-94) edited by Patricia Easteal. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1998
Book Chapter
Controlling Disease and the Criminal Law: A New Regulatory Strategy
Simon Bronitt (1998). Controlling Disease and the Criminal Law: A New Regulatory Strategy. Health Care, Crime and Regulatory Control. (pp. 167-178) edited by R Smith. Sydney: Hawkins Press and Asia Pacific Press.
1998
Book Chapter
Public order
Bronitt, Simon and Ford, S. (1998). Public order. Criminal Law. (pp. 52-52) edited by J. Riordan and P. Fairall. Rozelle, NSW, Australia: Lawbook.
1998
Book Chapter
The rules of recent complaint: rape myths and the legal construction of the "reasonable" rape victim
Bronitt, Simon (1998). The rules of recent complaint: rape myths and the legal construction of the "reasonable" rape victim. Balancing the Scales: Rape, Law Reform and Australian Culture. (pp. 41-59) edited by Patricia Easteal. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1998
Book Chapter
The transmission of life-threatening infections: a new regulatory strategy
Bronitt, Simon (1998). The transmission of life-threatening infections: a new regulatory strategy. Health Care, Crime and Regulatory Control. (pp. 167-178) edited by Russell G. Smith. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hawkins Press.
1997
Journal Article
Electronic surveillance, human rights and criminal justice
Bronitt, Simon (1997). Electronic surveillance, human rights and criminal justice. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 3 (2), 183-207.
1997
Journal Article
The use and abuse of counselling records in sexual assault trials: reconstructing the rape shield
Bronitt, Simon and McSherry, Bernadette (1997). The use and abuse of counselling records in sexual assault trials: reconstructing the rape shield. Criminal Law Forum, 8 (2), 259-291. doi: 10.1007/BF02677785
1997
Book Chapter
Lionel Murphy and the criminal law: commentary
Bronitt, Simon (1997). Lionel Murphy and the criminal law: commentary. Justice Lionel Murphy: Influential or Merely Prescient?. (pp. 113-118) edited by Michael Coper and George Williams. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1996
Journal Article
Cultural blindness: criminal law in multicultural Australia
Bronitt, Simon and Amirthalingam, Kumaralingam (1996). Cultural blindness: criminal law in multicultural Australia. Alternative Law Journal, 21 (2), 58-63.
1996
Journal Article
Political freedom as an outlaw: republican theory and political protest
Bronitt, Simon and Williams, George (1996). Political freedom as an outlaw: republican theory and political protest. Adelaide Law Review, 18 (2), 289-330.
1996
Journal Article
'No Records. No Time. No Reason' - protecting rape victims' privacy and the fair trial
Bronitt, Simon (1996). 'No Records. No Time. No Reason' - protecting rape victims' privacy and the fair trial. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 8 (2), 131-143.
1996
Journal Article
Consent forms: forms without substance? A case for model disclosure and consent forms
Bronitt, Simon and Faunce, Thomas (1996). Consent forms: forms without substance? A case for model disclosure and consent forms. Health Care Analysis, 4 (4), 342-352. doi: 10.1007/BF02249324
1996
Journal Article
Contemporary comment - electronic surveillance and informers: infringing the rights to silence and privacy
Bronitt, Simon (1996). Contemporary comment - electronic surveillance and informers: infringing the rights to silence and privacy. Criminal Law Journal, 20 (3), 144-152.
1996
Journal Article
Fracturing the criminal law: disease control and the limits of law-making
Bronitt, Simon (1996). Fracturing the criminal law: disease control and the limits of law-making. Health Care Analysis, 4 (1), 59-63. doi: 10.1007/BF02251147
1995
Journal Article
Legislation comment: protecting sexual privacy under the Criminal Law: Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1995 (Cth)
Bronitt, Simon (1995). Legislation comment: protecting sexual privacy under the Criminal Law: Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1995 (Cth). Criminal Law Journal, 19 (4), 222-228.
1995
Other Outputs
Criminal liability issues associated with a heroin trial: feasibility research into the controlled availability of opioids stage 2
Bronitt, Simon (1995). Criminal liability issues associated with a heroin trial: feasibility research into the controlled availability of opioids stage 2. NCEPH Working Paper Canberra, ACT, Australia: National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health; Australian Institute of Criminology.
1995
Journal Article
The right to sexual privacy, sado-masochism and the Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994 (Cth)
Bronitt, Simon (1995). The right to sexual privacy, sado-masochism and the Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994 (Cth). Australian Journal of Human Rights, 2 (1), 59-73.
1995
Book Chapter
Undercover policing: detection or deception?
Bronitt, Simon and Kinley, David (1995). Undercover policing: detection or deception?. Tomorrow's Law. (pp. 1-23) edited by Hugh Selby. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1995
Book
Principles of European community law: commentary and materials
Bronitt, Simon, Burns, Fiona R. and Kinley, David (1995). Principles of European community law: commentary and materials. 1st ed. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Law Book.
1994
Journal Article
Donating HIV-infected blood: a public nuisance?
Bronitt, Simon (1994). Donating HIV-infected blood: a public nuisance?. Journal of Law and Medicine, 1 (4), 245-251.
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
Media
Enquiries
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- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Law
- Human Rights Law
- Law enforcement
- Law reform
- Organised crime and corruption
- Policing
- Preventive justice
- White-collar crime
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