Rick Sarre

Warwick Turner (Rick) Sarre (born 25 July 1955) is an Australian legal scholar and Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the University of South Australia.

Education and career Sarre completed his secondary education at King's College in Kensington Park, South Australia (1968–1972). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide (1976), a Master of Arts in Criminology from the University of Toronto (1983), and a Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Canberra (2002). He was awarded an honorary Juris Doctor from Umeå University, Sweden in 2015, and completed a PhD at the University of South Australia in 2023. and Dean of the Law School (2019–2020). He has been a candidate for the Labor Party in the federal seat of Sturt (2010, 2013) and the state seat of Bragg (2018, 2022). Life Actually: A Feast of 500-Word Memories (2021) Religion Matters: The Contemporary Relevance of Religion (co-editor with P.T. Babie, 2020) Bail in Australia: Legislative Provisions and Current Challenges (co-author with Max Travers, Emma Colvin, et al., 2021) Crime and Justice in Australia: 2000 and Beyond (co-editor, 2018)