Draft:Tyrone Kirchengast

Tyrone Kirchengast is an Australian academic and author specializing in criminal law and criminal justice. He is an Associate Professor in the University of Sydney Law School. He has written several leading books on the victim in criminal law and justice. His work is known for its impact on criminal trial reform.

Tyrone Kirchengast currently serves as series co-editor for Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. He has given keynote and plenary addresses to victim rights and criminal law conferences worldwide.

Tyrone Kirchengast graduated from Macquarie University with honors degrees in law and arts. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law, and was admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of NSW in 2002. He completed his doctorate in law at La Trobe University in 2004.

Key publications

 * The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
 * The Criminal Trial in Law and Discourse, Palgrave Macmilan, 2010
 * Victimology and Victim Rights: International Comparative Perspectives, Routledge, 2016
 * Victims and the Criminal Trial, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
 * Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, LexisNexis, Butterworths, 2016
 * Criminal Law in Australia, LexisNexis, Chatswood, 2023