LLB (Wales), PhD (Wales)

Before joining the Department in 2004, Tracey has worked as a teaching assistant in Cardiff University and has lectured in Law for Swansea University.   Tracey was also a Research Fellow in the Centre for Public Policy (2003/4) in Swansea University.

Tracey is broadly interested in all aspects of criminal law, criminal justice and criminology. 

In 2004 Tracey assisted the Welsh Assembly Government to develop the All Wales Domestic Abuse strategy and also Good Practice Guidance for Schools. In 2006 Tracey and colleagues in the Law School at Swansea University carried out a first evaluation of the Neath/Port Talbot Domestic Abuse Court.

Tracey has also recently carried out socio-legal research with Emma Hitchings which looked at Social Worker perspectives on the adoption process. However, Tracey’s research to date has primarily focused on the regulation of street prostitution and in particular on multi-agency approaches to tackle street prostitution.

Key Publications:

Jones, H. and Sagar, T. (2001) 'The Crime and Disorder Act 1998: Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and Street Prostitution', Crim. L. R. 873-85. 

Hitchings, E. and Sagar, T. (2007) The Adoption and Children Act 2002: A Level Playing Field for Same-Sex Adopters? Child and Family Law Quarterly 19 (1): 60-80. 

Sagar, T. (2004) 'Domestic Abuse, Risk to Children / Young People and the 'All Wales' Strategy' Wales Journal of Law and Policy (3) 188-194. 

Sagar, T. (2005) 'Street Watch: Concept and Practice, Civilian Participation in Street Prostitution Control', British Journal of Criminology 45 (1): 98-112.

Sagar, T. (2007) 'Tackling On-Street Sex Work: Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, On-Street Sex Workers and Inclusive Inter-Agency Initiatives', Criminology and Criminal Justice, 7 (2): 153-68.

Sagar, T. and Hitchings, E. (2007) ‘More Adoptions, More quickly’: A Study of Social Workers’ Responses to the Adoption and Children Act 2002’, The Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 29 (3-4) 199-215.

Sagar, T. (2008) ‘Public Nuisance Injunctions Against on-Street Sex Workers? Crim. L. R. Forthcoming.