David Plater

Biography

David Plater worked for a number of years with the Crown Prosecution Service in Kent and London. He was a Senior Crown Prosecutor at the Youth and Inner London Crown Court branch of the CPS. He has also worked with the State DPP in South Australia. He still maintains a role in legal practice in South Australia. He has previously lectured at the University of South Australia and the University of Tasmania (where he retains a role as an Adjunct Lecturer). His PhD from the University of Tasmania in 2011 examined the development and modern application of the role of the prosecution lawyer as a 'minister of justice'. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and is Deputy Director of the South Australian Law Reform Institute based at the Adelaide Law School. David Plater worked for a number of years with the Crown Prosecution Service in Kent and London. He was a Senior Crown Prosecutor at the Youth and Inner London Crown Court branch of the CPS. He has also worked with the State DPP in South Australia. He still maintains a role in legal practice in South Australia. He has previously lectured at the University of South Australia and the University of Tasmania (where he retains a role as an Adjunct Lecturer). His PhD from the University of Tasmania in 2011 examined the development and modern application of the role of the prosecution lawyer as a 'minister of justice'. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and is Deputy Director of the South Australian Law Reform Institute based at the Adelaide Law School.

Research Interest

Prosecution Role and Discretion     Vulnerable Parties in the Criminal Justice System     Sentencing of Sexual Offenders     Prerogative of Mercy and Exercise of Death Penalty in 19th Century     Gender and Crime in 19th Century