Areas of expertise

• Sentencing
• Confiscation of proceeds of crime
• Problem oriented courts
• Drug courts
• Administration of criminal justice

Profile

Arie Freiberg has been the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Monash University since January 2004. Prior to taking up this position, he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne in 2003. He was appointed to the Foundation Chair of Criminology at the University of Melbourne in January 1991 where he served as Head of the Department of Criminology between January 1992 and June 2002.

Professor Freiberg graduated from the University of Melbourne with an honours degree in Law and a Diploma in Criminology in 1972 and holds a Master of Laws degree from Monash University. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Melbourne in 2001 and is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), the Australian Academy of Law and holds an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Australian and New Zealand School of Government. Between 1996 and 1998, he was President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology. In 2009, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his service to law, particularly in the fields of criminology and reform related to sentencing, to legal education and academic leadership.

Programs

Professor Freiberg currently teaches in the following ANZSOG courses:

Core programs

• Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)
  – Governing by the Rules (GBR – subject leader)

Executive education

• Managing Regulation, Enforcement and Compliance

Recent publications

Books
Book chapters
Journal articles
Reports
Conferences & lectures
Formal submissions
Newspaper articles
Papers

Books

• Freiberg, A 2010, The tools of regulation, Federation Press, Sydney.
• Freiberg, A, King, M, Batagol, B & Hyams, R 2009, Non adversarial justice, Federation Press, Sydney.
• Freiberg, A & Gelb, K 2008 (eds.), Penal populism, sentencing councils and sentencing policy, Hawkins Press & Willan Publishing, London.

Book chapters

• Freiberg, A & Gelb, K 2008 (eds.), ‘Penal populism: sentencing councils and sentencing policy', in A Freiberg & K Gelb (eds.), Penal populism: sentencing and sentencing policy, Hawkins Press & Willan Publishing, London.
• Freiberg, A 2008, ‘Introduction' in A Freiberg and K Gelb (eds.), Penal populism: sentencing councils and sentencing policy, Hawkins Press & Willan Publishing, London.
• Freiberg, A 2008, ‘The Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council: incorporating community view into the sentencing process', in A Freiberg and K Gelb (eds.), Penal populism: sentencing and sentencing policy, Hawkins Press & Willan Publishing, London.
• Freiberg, A 2007, ‘Jurisprudential miscegenation: strict liability and the ambiguity of crime’, in A Brannigan & G Pavlich (eds.), Governance and regulation in social life: essays in honour of WG Carson, Routledge-Cavendish, Oxford.
• Freiberg, A 2007, ‘Twenty years of changes in the sentencing environment and courts’ responses’, in V Mallewsari (ed.), Criminal justice and sentencing: a critical study, Ifcai University Press, Hyderabad.
• Freiberg, A 2005, ‘Sentencing', in D Chappell & P Wilson (eds.), Issues in Australian crime and criminal justice, LexisNexis, Sydney.
• Freiberg, A 2002, ‘What’s it worth? A cross-jurisdictional comparison of sentencing severity’, in N Hutton & C Tata (eds.), Sentencing and society: international perspectives, Ashgate, Aldershot.
• Freiberg, A 2001, ‘Three strikes and you’re out – it’s not cricket: colonisation and resistance in Australian sentencing’ in M Tonry & R Frase (eds.), Sentencing and sanctions in Western countries, Oxford University Press, New York City.
• Freiberg, A 2000, ‘Guerrillas in our midst? – judicial responses to governing the dangerous’, in M Brown & J Pratt (eds.), Dangerous offenders: punishment and social order, Routledge, London.

Journal articles

• Freiberg, A 2011, ‘Post-adversarial and post-inquisitorial justice: transcending traditional penological paradigms’, European Journal of Criminology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 82–101.
• Freiberg, A & Carson, W 2010, 'Evidence, emotion and criminal justice: the limits of evidence-based policy', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 152–164.
• Freiberg, A 2010, 'Australia: exercising discretion in sentencing policy and practice', Federal Sentencing Reporter, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 204–212.
• Freiberg, A & Moore, V 2009, ‘Disbelieving suspense: suspended sentences of imprisonment and public confidence in the justice system', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 42, no.1, pp. 101–122.
• Freiberg, A & Stewart, F 2008, ‘Provocation in sentencing: a culpability-based framework', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 283–308.
• Freiberg, A & Sallmann, P 2008, ‘Courts of Appeal and sentencing: principles, policy and politics', Law in Context, vol. 26, no.1, pp. 43–74.
• Freiberg, A 2007, ‘Deaning down under’, University of Toledo Law Review, vol. 38, pp. 617–622.
• Freiberg, A 2007, ‘Non-adversarial approaches to criminal justice’, Journal of Judicial Administration, vol. 17, pp. 1–19.
• Freiberg, A 2005, ‘Problem-oriented courts: an update’, Journal of Judicial Administration, vol. 14, pp. 178–219.
• Freiberg, A 2005, ‘Sentencing: trends and issues’, Reform, no. 86, Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), Sydney, pp. 7–10.
• Freiberg, A 2005, ‘Managerialism in Australian criminal justice: RIP for KPIs?’, Monash University Law Review, vol. 31, pp. 12–36.
• Freiberg, A, Chapman, B, Quiggin & Tait, D 2004, ‘Using the tax system to collect fines’, The Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 20–32.
• Freiberg, A & Richardson, E 2004, ‘Protecting the dangerous from the community: the application of protective sentencing laws in Victoria’, Criminal Justice, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 81–102.
• Freiberg, A & Morgan, N 2004, ‘Between bail and sentence: the conflation of dispositional options’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 15, pp. 220–236.
• Freiberg, A 2004, ‘Australia’s drug courts’, Of Substance, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 12–14.
• Freiberg, A 2003, ‘Therapeutic jurisprudence in Australia: paradigm shift or pragmatic incrementalism?’, Law in Context, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1–18.
• Freiberg, A & Willis, J 2003, ‘Sentence indication’, Criminal Law Journal, vol. 27, pp. 246–259.
• Freiberg, A 2003, ‘The four pillars of justice: a review essay’, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 36, pp. 223–230.
• Freiberg, A 2002, ‘Drug courts: sentencing responses to drug use and drug-related crime’, Alternative Law Journal, vol. 27, pp. 282–286.
• Freiberg, A 2001, ‘Affective vs effective justice: instrumentalism and emotionalism in criminal justice’, Punishment and Society, vol. 3, pp. 265–278.
• Freiberg, A 2001, ‘Problem-oriented courts: innovative solutions to intractable problems?’, Journal of Judicial Administration, vol. 11, pp. 8–27.
• Freiberg, A 2001, ‘Fighting crime with forfeiture: lessons from history’, Australian Journal of Legal History, vol. 6, pp. 1–50.
• Freiberg, A & Seifman, R 2001, ‘Plea-bargaining in Victoria: the role of counsel’, Criminal Law Journal, vol. 25, pp. 64–74.
• Freiberg, A 2000, ‘Australian drug courts’, Criminal Law Journal, vol. 24, pp. 213–235.
• Freiberg, A 2000, ‘The politics of sentencing’, The Judicial Review, vol. 4, pp. 357–368.
• Freiberg, A & Fox, R 2000, ‘Evaluating the effectiveness of Australia’s confiscation laws’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 33, pp. 239–265.

Reports 

• Freiberg, A, McSherry, B & Keyzer, P 2006, Preventive detention for ‘dangerous’ offenders in Australia: a critical analysis and proposals for policy development, Report to the Criminology Research Council, pp. 1–104.
• Freiberg, A, Kirby, P & Ward, L 2004, The report of the panel to oversee the consultation on protecting children: the Child Protection Outcomes Project, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, pp. 1–85.
• Freiberg, A 2002, Sentencing review: pathways to justice, Department of Justice, Melbourne.
• Freiberg, A 2001, Sentencing review: discussion paper, Department of Justice, Melbourne.
• Freiberg, A 2001, Sentencing review: drug courts and related sentencing options, Department of Justice, Melbourne.

Conferences & lectures 

• Freiberg, A 2006, ‘The regulatory toolkit’, Australian Compliance Institute Annual Conference, Melbourne, April 26.

Formal submissions

• Freiberg, A, Hodge, G & Bowman, D 2006, Submission to the national nanotechnology strategy taskforce, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, May 1.

Newspaper articles

• Freiberg, A & Hodge, G 2006, ‘Sound regulation requires balance', The Age, March 31.

Papers

• Freiberg, A, Chapman, B, Quiggin, J & Tait, D 2003, Rejuvenating financial penalties: using the tax system to collect fines, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Discussion Paper No. 463, Canberra.