Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney
Professor Tracey Booth is UTS's Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law. Tracey is a leading international scholar whose work explores public confidence in legal processes.
Tracey’s research is inter-disciplinary and crosses a range of fields, including criminology, psychology, sociology and law. She is an expert on victim impact statements, victims of crime in legal processes, the impact of emotion on courtroom proceeding and judicial emotion. Tracey is well-known for her legal ethnographic approach that seeks to build on theory and legal doctrine with empirical insights to create an evidence base for the development of policy and law reform.
With UTS colleagues Associate Professors Jane Wangmann and Miranda Kaye, she completed a research project on the impact and effect of self-representation in family law proceedings involving allegations of family violence. The project, funded by Australia's National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS), made a number of important recommendations to improve the safety and experiences of those involved in such proceedings. The
report from this research was awarded the 2022 Non-Traditional Research Output Award, Australian Legal Research Awards.
Tracey was a member of the NSW Sentencing Council 2014-2022.
Professor Tracey Booth is UTS's Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law. Tracey is a leading international scholar whose work explores public confidence in legal processes.
Tracey’s research is inter-disciplinary and crosses a range of fields, including criminology, psychology, sociology and law. She is an expert on victim impact statements, victims of crime in legal processes, the impact of emotion on courtroom proceeding and judicial emotion. Tracey is well-known for her legal ethnographic approach that seeks to build on theory and legal doctrine with empirical insights to create an evidence base for the development of policy and law reform.
With UTS colleagues Associate Professors Jane Wangmann and Miranda Kaye, she completed a research project on the impact and effect of self-representation in family law proceedings involving allegations of family violence. The project, funded by Australia's National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS), made a number of important recommendations to improve the safety and experiences of those involved in such proceedings. The
report from this research was awarded the 2022 Non-Traditional Research Output Award, Australian Legal Research Awards.
Tracey was a member of the NSW Sentencing Council 2014-2022.