{{Short description|Australian academic}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Rick Sarre | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Warwick Turner Sarre | birth_date = 25 July 1955 | birth_place = Adelaide,<br />South Australia | occupation = Lawyer, academic | period = | known_for = | title = | boards = | spouse = Debra Sarre | partner = | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = | education = LLB, MA, PhD | alma_mater = University of Adelaide | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = | era = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }}
'''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).<ref name="conversation">{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/rick-sarre-22428 |title=Rick Sarre Profile |publisher=The Conversation |access-date=2026-01-13}}</ref> 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).<ref name="unisa">{{cite web |url=https://people.unisa.edu.au/rick.sarre |title=Rick Sarre Home Page |publisher=University of South Australia |access-date=2026-01-13}}</ref> 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.<ref name="conversation"/>
Sarre taught at the University of South Australia for 35 years,<ref name="unisa"/> serving as Head of the School of Law and Legal Practice (1992–1998)<ref name="aipol">{{cite web |url=https://aipol.org/rick-sarre/ |title=Rick Sarre |publisher=Australian Institute of Police Management |access-date=2026-01-13}}</ref> and Dean of the Law School (2019–2020).<ref name="unisa"/>
Sarre served as President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (2012–2016) and was awarded Fellow status in 2018.<ref name="unisa"/> He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and an Honorary Professorial Fellow of the Australian Institute of Police Management.<ref name="unisa"/>
Additional service includes Past President of the South Australian Council for Civil Liberties and South Australian Patron of the Justice Reform Initiative.<ref name="conversation"/>
Sarre has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 1984.<ref name="conversation"/> He has lived in Adelaide's eastern suburbs throughout his life.<ref name="nofibs">{{cite web |url=https://nofibs.com.au/willsmore298-reports-on-rick-sarre-alp-candidate-for-sturt/ |title=Rick Sarre ALP candidate for Sturt |publisher=No Fibs |date=2013-04-13 |access-date=2026-01-13}}</ref> 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).<ref name="conversation"/>
==Recognition== Awards include the Carrick citation from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (2008), Research Excellence Award from the Division of Business (2006), and Life Membership of Pembroke School (2024).<ref name="unisa"/>
==Books== Sarre has authored and co-authored numerous books, including:
* ''Preventing Crime: What We Know, and What We Need to Do'' (2024)<ref name="preventing">{{cite book |last=Sarre |first=Rick |year=2024 |title=Preventing Crime: What We Know, and What We Need to Do |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Singapore |doi=10.1007/978-981-97-3488-7}}</ref> * ''Life Actually: A Feast of 500-Word Memories'' (2021)<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarre |first=Rick |year=2021 |title=Life Actually: A Feast of 500-Word Memories |publisher=Moonglow Publishing}}</ref> * ''Religion Matters: The Contemporary Relevance of Religion'' (co-editor with P.T. Babie, 2020)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Babie |first1=Paul |last2=Sarre |first2=Rick |year=2020 |title=Religion Matters: The Contemporary Relevance of Religion |publisher=Springer}}</ref> * ''Bail in Australia: Legislative Provisions and Current Challenges'' (co-author with Max Travers, Emma Colvin, et al., 2021)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Travers |first1=Max |last2=Colvin |first2=Emma |last3=Bartkowiak-Théron |first3=Isabelle |last4=Sarre |first4=Rick |last5=Day |first5=Andrew |last6=Bond |first6=Christine |year=2021 |title=Bail in Australia: Legislative Provisions and Current Challenges |publisher=Springer}}</ref> * ''Crime and Justice in Australia: 2000 and Beyond'' (co-editor, 2018)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Deckert |first1=Antje |last2=Sarre |first2=Rick |year=2018 |title=Crime and Justice in Australia: 2000 and Beyond |publisher=Springer}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://people.unisa.edu.au/rick.sarre Official University Profile] * [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rick-Sarre ResearchGate Profile] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarre, Rick}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Australian legal scholars Category:Academic staff of the University of South Australia