Contact Details
p: +61 2 9514 3769
f: +61 2 9514 3400
Location
Faculty of Law
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Road
Haymarket NSW 2007
Room# CM05B.02.12
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Mailing Address
UTS:LAW
P.O. Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007
AUSTRALIA
Areas of Expertise
› Criminal Law
› Jurisprudence
› Regulation of
the Sex Industry
Current Teaching
76012 Criminology
76008 Jurisprudence
70217 Criminal Law
Academic Profile
Penny Crofts holds degrees from the Universities of Sydney and Cambridge. She is currently enrolled in a PhD at Griffith University considering Criminal Law Theory.
Penny has written and advised on the regulation of the sex industry. She has also written on the relationship of gambling and crime and is author of Essential Criminal Laws (which is presently in its third edition).
Recent areas of research interest include the development of a jurisprudence of disgust, particularly as it relates to the regulation of brothels.
Current Research Activities
Undertaking a PhD considering Criminal Law Theory at Griffith University.
Research on the regulation of brothels and aesthetics of disgust.
Recent Grants & Publications
' Brothels and Disorderly Acts' (2007) Public Spaces: The Journal of Law and Social Justice 1-38
'Sex in the Dark: The Brothels Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (NSW) (2007) 19 Current Issues in Crimonal Justice 1-16 (funded by PPF 2007 grant)
Community Research Projects Small Teaching and Learning Grant (2008)
Wicked Women Project Public Purpose Fund Grant (2008)
'Sex Workers Outreach Project legal resources' Public Fund (2008) to update and maintain the legal resources website for SWOP
"Visual Contamination: Disgust and the Regulation of Brothels", www.law.unimelb.edu.au/cmcl [2006]
Australian Postgraduate Award [2004-2007]
'A decade of legal sex in the city', Local Government Law Journal, Funded by LSF Grant (2006)
Essential Criminal Laws, Third Edition, Cavendish [2005]
Problem gambling and property offences", International Gambling Studies (2003)
"Not in my neighbourhood", Local Government Law Journal (2003)
"White collar punters: stealing from the boss to gamble", Current Issues in Criminal Justice (2003)
"Ambiguities in approaches to brothels", Environmental Planning Law Journal (2003)
'Researching the link between gambling and crime' on the Australian Institute of Criminology website: http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/evaluation/crofts.html [2003]