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{{Infobox person
| name = Tyrone Kirchengast
| image = TK Brazil Lecture 2017.jpg
| caption = Tyrone Kirchengast lecturing on criminal trial reform in Brazil in 2017
| birth_date = 19 January 1978
| birth_place = Sydney, Australia
| citizenship = Australian
| alma_mater = BA (Hons) Macquarie University 1999

LLB (Hons) Macquarie University 2001

GradDipLegPrac College of Law 2002

PhD La Trobe University 2004
| known_for = Criminal Law
Criminal Justice
Criminology
| website = https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tyrone-kirchengast.html
}}
Dr. '''Tyrone Robert Kirchengast''' (born 19 January 1978) is an Australian academic and author specializing in criminal law and criminal justice. He is an Associate Professor in the [[Sydney Law School|University of Sydney Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> His career is marked by significant contributions to legal academia with several books focusing on the victim in criminal law and justice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISBN 9781138606395 - Victimology and Victim Rights: International comparative perspectives |url=https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781138606395 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=isbnsearch.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISBN 9780409343885 - Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases |url=https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780409343885 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=isbnsearch.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISBN 9781349367511 - The Criminal Trial in Law and Discourse |url=https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781349367511 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=isbnsearch.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISBN 9781349540556 |url=https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781349540556 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=isbnsearch.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISBN 9781137509994 |url=https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781137509994 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=isbnsearch.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISBN 9780409355994 |url=https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780409355994 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=isbnsearch.org}}</ref> His main area of expertise is criminal trial reform,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> with a strong focus on comparative criminal justice across Europe, Asia, and North and South America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victimology and Victim Rights: International comparative perspectives |url=https://www.routledge.com/Victimology-and-Victim-Rights-International-comparative-perspectives/Kirchengast/p/book/9781138606395 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}</ref>

== Education and background ==
Tyrone Kirchengast graduated from [[Macquarie University]] with honours degrees in law and arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> He holds a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the [https://www.collaw.edu.au/ College of Law],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> and was admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales|Supreme Court of NSW]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> He completed his doctorate in law at [https://www.latrobe.edu.au/ La Trobe University] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Academic leadership and affiliations ==
From 2020 to 2022, Tyrone Kirchengast held the position of Associate Dean (Postgraduate Programs) at the [[Sydney Law School|University of Sydney Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> He is a member of the [https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/our-research/research-centres-and-institutes/sydney-institute-of-criminology.html Sydney Institute of Criminology].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney Institute of Criminology |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/our-research/research-centres-and-institutes/sydney-institute-of-criminology.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> He is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at [https://www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice UNSW Law and Justice].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academic visitors {{!}} Law & Justice - UNSW Sydney |url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/about-us/our-people/our-visitors/academic-visitors |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=UNSW Sites |language=en}}</ref>

== Expertise, publications and keynote presentations ==
Tyrone Kirchengast is widely recognized as an international expert on crime victim rights and the enhancement of victims' access to justice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> His [[Academic publishing#Scholarly paper|scholarly]] outputs include numerous publications, particularly focusing on the integration of victims within the adversarial criminal trial.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> He currently serves as series co-editor for [https://link.springer.com/series/14571 Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology |url=https://link.springer.com/series/14571 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=SpringerLink |language=en}}</ref> He has given keynote and plenary addresses to victim rights and criminal law conferences in Chennai and Hyderabad, India, and lectured at the Induction Training Program for Judges, Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy, Chennai, India, in early 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Academic Career ==
Tyrone Kirchengast’ s academic career has encompassed various institutions, including teaching criminal law and procedure at the [[University of New South Wales]] from 2009 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> [[Macquarie University]] from 2007 to 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> and the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]] from 2003 to 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> He was a visiting professor in the [[Faculdade de Direito e Ciências do Estado da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Faculty of Law, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]], Brazil, in 2017.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kirchengast |first=Tyrone |last2=Badaró |first2=Tatiana |last3=Pardini |first3=Lucas |date=January 2021 |title=The mixed and hybrid criminal courts of Brazil: Mainstreaming restoration, rehabilitation and community justice in a human rights context |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269758020916261 |journal=International Review of Victimology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=23–42 |doi=10.1177/0269758020916261 |issn=0269-7580}}</ref>

== Consultations and expert advisory roles ==
Throughout his career, Tyrone Kirchengast has lent his insights to critical roles, such as consulting for the [[New South Wales Department of Justice|Department of Justice, New South Wales]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial Process |url=https://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/project/victims-of-crime-in-the-criminal-trial-process-2/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Victorian Law Reform Commission |language=en-AU}}</ref> and serving as an expert advisor to commissions of inquiry on crime victim rights, for the Victorian Law Reform Commission from 2012-2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> He consulted for the Department of Justice, NSW, on the participation of victims of crime in NSW court processes, from 2012-2014.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kirchengast |first=Tyrone |url=https://www.academia.edu/26554929/Participation_of_Victims_of_Crime_in_New_South_Wales_Court_Processes_Final_Report_Full_Report_Including_All_Appendices_ |title=Participation of Victims of Crime in New South Wales Court Processes (Final Report – Full Report Including All Appendices)}}</ref> His contributions have significantly influenced policy and practice regarding victim rights and criminal trial reform and his work is widely cited across law reform research, reports and frameworks, internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial Process |url=https://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/project/victims-of-crime-in-the-criminal-trial-process-2/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Victorian Law Reform Commission |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kirchengast |first=Tyrone |date=November 2017 |title=Joint Public Submission to the New South Wales Sentencing Council on Victims’ Involvement in Sentencing |url=chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://sentencingcouncil.nsw.gov.au/documents/our-work/victims/VI06.pdf |journal=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirchengast |first=Tyrone |date=June 2019 |title=Human Rights Commission (Victims of Crime Commissioner) |url=chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cjsinquiry.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2233626/121-Exhibits-1-25-Yates.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kirchengast |first=Tyrone |date=2022 |title=Women and girls’ experiences across the criminal justice system |url=chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.womenstaskforce.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/723842/Hear-her-voice-Report-2-Volume-1.pdf |journal=Womens Safety and Justice Taskforce}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kirchengast |first=Tyrone |title=Evidence in Sexual Offences Prosecutions |url=chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lawcom-prod-storage-11jsxou24uy7q/uploads/2023/05/ESOS-CP-latest-version-1-1.pdf |journal=Law Commission}}</ref> He frequently appears in international media and on radio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Research and Comparative Focus ==
Tyrone Kirchengast's research examines victim participation across the [[criminal trial]] process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> His work spans various topics, such as legal representation for victims of crime, restorative and therapeutic justice, compensation and restitution, criminalization and [[Deepfake pornography|digital crime]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Deepfake pornography |date=2023-09-08 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deepfake_pornography&oldid=1174383147 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-09-27 |language=en}}</ref> and the recognition of [[Victims' rights|victim rights]] as [[human rights]] within international and domestic legal frameworks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> His research approach is comparative, exploring [[Adversarial system|adversarial]] and [[Inquisitorial system|inquisitorial]] court processes across diverse international and domestic legal systems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> This includes a keen interest in mixed and [https://www.academia.edu/48374807/Mixed_and_Hybrid_Systems_of_Justice_and_the_Development_of_the_Adversarial_Paradigm_European_Law_Inquisitorial_Processes_and_the_Development_of_Community_Justice_in_the_Common_Law_States hybrid systems of justice] found in Europe, Asia, and South America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Teaching ==
At the [[Sydney Law School|University of Sydney Law Schoo]]<nowiki/>l, Tyrone Kirchengast teaches across core courses including Civil and Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a unit of study |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/units.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> Since 2012, he as offered an advanced elective course in Critical Victimology,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a unit of study |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/units.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> reflecting his commitment to advancing the understanding of crime victim rights and justice, and the need for criminal trial reform to better support victims of crime. Tyrone Kirchengast's contributions to legal academia, advocacy for crime victim rights, and dedication to the development of legal professionals, significantly underscore his teaching of criminal law and criminal justice.

== Key publications ==
* [https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781349540556 The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006]
* [https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781349367511 The Criminal Trial in Law and Discourse, Palgrave Macmilan, 2010]
* [https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781138606395 Victimology and Victim Rights International Comparative Perspectives, Routledge, 2016]
* [https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781137509994 Victims and the Criminal Trial, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016]
* [https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780409343885 Waller & Williams Criminal Law Text and Cases, LexisNexis, Butterworths, 2016]
* [https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780409355994 Criminal Law in Australia, LexisNexis, Chatswood, 2023]

== References ==
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[[Category:Victims' rights]]
[[Category:Australian criminal law]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Sydney]]

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