Ngaire May Naffine (born 1954) FASSA FBA is an Australian feminist legal academic and Professor Emerita at the University of Adelaide.
[2][3] She graduated from the University of Adelaide with an LLB, followed by a PhD in 1983 on "Criminality, deviance and conformity in women".
[4][5] Her research interests have focussed on women, both as victims and perpetrators of crime, feminist jurisprudence and medical law.
[8] In 2016 she presented the Shirley Smith Address in New Zealand on "Manliness, Male Right and Criminal law: the Uses of Criminal Law in the Formation of the Character of the Male Legal Person".
[9] In addition to the books listed below, Naffine has co-edited many legal texts, as well as contributing chapters to other publications.