A/Prof Tony Krone

Position

Associate Professor, Convenor Justice Studies Program


Qualifications

  • 2003 PhD (University of New South Wales)
    Thesis on the potential role of the independent prosecutor in the mediation of police power exerted over indigenous and other marginalised communities through the prosecution of summary offences
  • 1998 Grad. Cert. Public Mgt. (University of Western Sydney)
  • 1984 BA LLB (Hons) (Macquarie University)
    Honours thesis on deep ecology and mining law in New South Wales
  • Admission to practice
  • 1985 Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia
  • 1984 Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
  • 1984 Barrister and Solicitor of the Federal Courts of Australia


Professional / Academic Memberships

  • International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
  • Australian Strategic Policy Institute
  • International Association of Prosecutors
  • Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies
  • Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences


Awards

  • 1997 Law Society of New South Wales Excellence in Government Legal Service
  • 2008 Attorney-General’s Department Secretary’s Australia Day Award for Excellence


Professional & Teaching Experience

  • 2010 -  Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Canberra
  • 2009 - 2010  Specialist adviser criminology, Program Design and Evaluation, International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police
  • May 2009 -  Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Canberra (part time)
  • Dec 2007- Senior Legal Officer, Criminal Law Branch, Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
  • 2006 - 2007 Principal Legal Policy Adviser, Regional Assistance Mission to     Solomon Islands, Law and Justice Program
  • 2003-2006  High Tech Crime Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology
  • 2002-2003  Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney
  • 2001-2002 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
  • 1999-2001 Senior Legal Officer, Attorney-General’s Department (Cth)
  • 1998-1999 Senior Policy Officer, Director of Public Prosecutions, (Cth)
  • 1994-1998 Lawyer Manager, Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
  • 1992-1994 Lawyer Advocate, Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
  • 1990-1992 Principal Solicitor, Western Aboriginal Legal Service Ltd (NSW)
  • 1988-1989 Partner, Peacocke, Dickens and Price, Solicitors, Dubbo (NSW)
  • 1986-1988  Solicitor, Western Aboriginal Legal Service Ltd (NSW)
  • 1985-1986  Legal Officer, Australian Government Solicitor’s Office (NT)


Community Service

• Member, Faculty of Law Education Committee
• Member, Australian Institute of Criminology, Human Research Ethics Committee


Teaching

  • Criminal law and procedure, Evidence
  • Young people and crime
  • What works in criminal justice (Criminology)
  • Justice policy and community engagement
  • Therapeutic jurisprudence
  • Cybercrime


Research / Areas of Interest

  • Prosecutors and prosecution authority
  • High tech crime
  • Rule of law and development
  • Criminology
  • Youth and crime


Publications

Accepted for publication or in-press

  • Krone T, Raising the alarm? Role definition for prosecutors in criminal cases Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Peer reviewed publications

Other AIC Publications

Book chapters

  • Krone T, Combating online child pornography in Australia in Quayle E & Taylor M Child pornography and the Internet: legal, psychological and social perspectives Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishers 2005

Other journal articles

  • Krone T, Raising the alarm? Role definition for prosecutors in criminal cases, Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2011, 1-15.
  • Krone T, Raets blong evriwan: From Criminal Trial to Truth and Reconciliation: Post-conflict Prosecutions in Solomon Islands Human Rights Defender 17 (3) December 2008 14-16
  • Krone T, Issues facing judges in sentencing online child pornography offenders Judicial Officers’ Bulletin 18 (4) May 1-4 2006
  • Krone T, Gaps in cyberspace can leave us vulnerable Platypus 90 31-36 March 2006 http://afp.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/9962/10-Gaps_in_cyberspace.pdf
  • Krone T, Operation Auxin: The Australian response to online child exploitation RCMP Gazette Vol 67 (3) 2005 http://www.gazette.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/article-en.html?category_id=55&article_id=155

Other papers

  • Krone T, Reviving the Solomon Islands Law Reform Commission A concept paper for the Solomon Islands Government, Ministry of Police National Security, Justice and Legal Affairs, 2006
  • Krone T, The exercise of the prerogative of mercy: A concept paper for the Solomon Islands Government, Ministry of Police National Security, Justice and Legal Affairs, 2006
  • Krone T, Justice delivered locally: A concept paper for the Solomon Islands Government, Ministry of Police National Security, Justice and Legal Affairs, 2008
  • Gardiner M and Krone T, A guide to the new civil rules for Solomon Islands, Ministry of Police National Security, Justice and Legal Affairs, November 2008

Papers presented at seminars/conferences

  • Krone T, RAMSI and international peacekeeping missions A presentation to Masters students at the University of Melbourne 6 May 2010
  • Krone T, The problem with raskols 22nd Annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Perth 22-25 November 2009
  • Krone T, Criminological issues in post-conflict policing: A case study of the Solomon Island 21st Annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Canberra 26-28 November 2008
  • Krone T, From appalling vista to appalling vista: twenty years of evidence law reform Twenty years of criminal justice reform: Past achievements and future challenges   International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law 20th International Conference Vancouver 22 - 26 June 2007
  • Krone T, RAMSI, democracy and the rule of law Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team Program for Human Rights Training Honiara 22 March 2007
  • Krone T, Policy making in paradise Occasional seminar series Attorney-General’s Department Canberra 9 February 2007
  • Krone T, News as crime or crime as news: publicity in the digital age Justice for all – victims, defendants, prisoners, and the community International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law 19th International Conference Brisbane 3 July 2006
  • Krone T, Offender typologies and trends in online child sexual exploitation AFP online child sexual exploitation training course Sydney 26 October 2005
  • Krone T, Protecting children from online sexual exploitation: in search of a standard Safety and security in a networked world: Balancing cyber-rights and responsibilities Oxford Internet Institute 9 September 2005
  • Krone T, Issues in sentencing child pornography offenders Annual Conference of New South Wales Magistrates Sydney 1 September 2005
  • Krone T, Short of far sighted: anticipating the future in the midst of constant change Australian Taxation Office IT security forum Canberra 22 June 2005
  • Krone T, The challenge of policing high tech crime Tasmanian Police fraud investigation course Hobart 21 June 2005
  • Krone T, The nature and extent of online child abuse: implications for law enforcement Managers of serious crime course Canberra 16 June 2005
  • Krone T, Globally networked child abuse Transnational organised crime and international criminal law: developments and debates AIC roundtable 96 Brisbane 14 June 2005
  • Krone T, The Australian High Tech Crime Centre: evidence of links between computer crime in Australia and former soviet bloc countries Occasional seminar Transnational Crime and Corruption Center American University Washington 5 May 2005
  • Krone T, Reporting, investigating and prosecuting online child exploitation in Australia University of Toronto conference on online child exploitation Toronto 2 May 2005
  • Krone T, Recent developments in hacking laws in Australia Occasional seminar series Department of Justice Ottawa 29 April 2005
  • Krone T, Plan or panic: responding to online child exploitation in Australia Occasional seminar series Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters Ottawa 28 April 2005
  • Krone T, Digital evidence in the courtroom: developing a training package for judges and lawyers Australian High Tech Crime Centre forensic computing and computer investigations workshop Canberra 1 April 2005
  • Krone T, Anticipating the future of high tech crime Australian High Tech Crime Centre forensic computing and computer investigations workshop Canberra 30 March 2005
  • Krone T, Spiders on the web: The danger in chat rooms Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference Wellington 11 February 2005
  • Krone T, Policing online child sexual abuse Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team Investigator’s Conference Gold Coast 7 February 2005
  • Krone T, Quantifying online child exploitation Crime in Australia: International connections Australian Institute of Criminology Melbourne 29 November 2004
  • Krone T, Cyberstalking 2nd International Policing Conference: Safety and security in a hi-tech world Adelaide 1 November 2004
  • Krone T, A typology of child pornography offending Australian High Tech Crime Centre internal seminar series Canberra 10 June 2004
  • Krone T, The global agenda from an Australian perspective COPINE Conference 2004 Cork 26 May 2004
  • Krone T, Pirates of the South Pacific Occasional seminar London School of Economics London 17 May 2004
  • Krone T, Child pornography and digital technology: meeting the law enforcement challenges in Australia Societies of Criminology Key Issues Conference Paris 14 May 2004
  • Krone T, Evidential issues in high tech crime investigations Australian High Tech Crime Centre Forensic Computing and Computer Investigations Workshop Canberra 5 April 2004
  • Krone T, Who controls the prosecutor? Commonwealth Ombudsman's occasional seminar series Canberra 2 December 2003
  • Krone T, The limits of prosecution authority Australian National University Regnet seminar series Canberra 18 November 2003 
  • Krone T, Prosecutor control over investigators in common law countries Convergence of Criminal Justice Systems: Building Bridges - Bridging the Gaps International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law The Hague September 2003
  • Krone T, The Regulation of prosecution discretion Law and Society Conference Opening Law: Making Links - Crossing Borders University of Wollongong December 2002
    Krone T, The Independent prosecutor's dilemma: summary prosecutions and summary justice Politics, Crime and Criminal Justice International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law Canberra August 2001
  • Krone T, Police and Prosecution Mapping the Boundaries of Australia’s Criminal Justice System Australian Institute of Criminology Canberra 1999