Doctor Penny Crofts is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, UTS. Professor Crofts is an international expert on criminal law and models of culpability. Her research is cross-disciplinary, drawing upon a range of historical, philosophical, empirical and literary materials to enrich her analysis of the law. Her research is in the area of socio-legal studies coalescing around issues of justice in criminal law in practice and theory makes a distinctive contribution to critical evaluations of criminal legal models of culpability and enforcement. Professor Crofts is currently undertaking a large research project entitled 'Rethinking Institutional Culpability: Criminal law, horror and philosophy' funded by the Australian Research Council.