Prof. CROFTS Thomas

Professor Thomas Crofts holds a joint appointment in the School of Law and Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences and is Associate Dean for Research and International Affairs in the School of Law. He is a graduate of University College London (LLB (Hons)), the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Germany (LLM) and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/O., Germany (Dr iur). He also holds Adjunct Professorships in the Sydney University School of Law and Queensland University of Technology School of Justice. Prior to City University he was Professor of Criminal Law and Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology at the University of Sydney and has also held appointments at Murdoch University, Western Australia, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/O., Germany. His research in comparative criminal law and criminal justice focuses on criminalisation and criminal responsibility, particularly in relation to young people, gender, and sexuality. Professor Crofts’ teaching interests are in the fields of criminal law, criminology and criminal justice.

• Criminal Law
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Comparative criminal law
• Children and criminal law
• Gender, sexuality and law