Dr Timothy Edgemon

Dr Timothy Edgemon

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Assistant Professor of Criminology

Contact details

Email
t.g.edgemon@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Social Policy and Society
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Timothy G. Edgemon is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

His research examines how criminal justice interventions, such as arrest and incarceration, affect the stress and health of justice-involved individuals and how human trafficking related violence affects both the mental and physical health of trafficking survivors.

Qualifications

PhD in Sociology, University of Georgia, 2020

MA in Sociology, University of Georgia, 2016

BS in Sociology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2014

Biography

Dr. Timothy G. Edgemon received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Georgia (Athens, GA, USA) in 2020. His doctoral thesis examined the links between criminal justice contact and mental health at both the individual and the societal level by using a variety of quantitative methods. While completing his PhD, Tim was part of an international grant funded by the U.S. Department of State, Office on Trafficking in Persons aimed at investigating the prevalence of human trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

After receiving his PhD, Tim completed a one-year National Institute of Justice Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute, where he focused on implementing large scale quantitative and experimental designs aimed at reducing recidivism and improving the reintegration experiences of people released from prison. Upon completion of the Postdoctoral Fellowship, Tim joined the Department of Sociology at Auburn University as an Assistant Professor, where he taught classes in criminological theory, punishment, juvenile delinquency, and research methods.   

Tim’s research program is firmly situated within sociology, criminology, and health and his work been published in a variety of peer-reviewed outlets including Society & Mental Health, Social Science & Medicine, The British Journal of Criminology, and Feminist Criminology. In addition, Tim presents regularly at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) annual research conferences.

Teaching

Tim teaches on several modules including punishment, violence, criminological theory, and quantitative methods.

Research

  • Penology & Corrections
  • Conditions of Confinement
  • Gender, Crime, & Justice
  • Sociology of Health
  • Violence & Victimization
  • Crime & Social Control
  • Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery
  • Quantitative Methods

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Yi, H, Vincent, K, Okech, D, Clay-Warner, J, Li, J, Kawashima, T, Edgemon, TG, Aletraris, L & Hassan Konteh, F 2025, '', Crime and Delinquency, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 1558-1580.

Chan, HC, DeLisi, M & Edgemon, TG 2025, '', Behavioral Sciences & the Law, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 217-227.

Martin, BT, Edgemon, TG & Horowitz, VL 2025, '', Feminist Criminology, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 186-208.

Edgemon, TG, Clay-Warner, J, Kawashima, T, Anarfi, JK & Okech, D 2025, '', Violence against Women, vol. 31, no. 6-7, pp. 1469-1487.

Edgemon, TG & Clay-Warner, J 2023, '', Feminist Criminology, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 250-273.

Martin, BT, Suarez, KS, Giuffre, A, Edgemon, TG & Horowitz, V 2023, '', British Journal of Criminology.

Clay-Warner, J, Kawashima, T & Edgemon, TG 2022, '', American Journal of Public Health , vol. 112, no. 5, pp. 747-753.

Clay-Warner, J, Edgemon, TG, Okech, D & Anarfi, JK 2021, '', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 279, 113970.

Edgemon, TG & Clay-Warner, J 2019, '', Society and Mental Health.

Chapter

Edgemon, TG & Martin, BT 2024, . in NW Link, MA Novisky & C Fahmy (eds), Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Health, Crime, and Punishment. 1 edn, The ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Handbook Series, Routledge, pp. 611-625.

Edgemon, TG 2022, . in M Elliott (ed.), Research Handbook on Society and Mental Health. Edward Elgar, pp. 348 - 365.

Clay-Warner, J & Edgemon, TG 2020, . in The Emerald Handbook of Feminism, Criminology and Social Change.

Review article

Schroeder, E, Edgemon, TG, Aletraris, L, Kagotho, N, Clay-Warner, J & Okech, D 2022, '', Public Health Reports, vol. 137, no. Supplement 1, pp. 46S-52S.