Jessica Braimoh
Assistant Professor
Criminology (CRIM)
Ext: 33753
Email: jbraimoh@yorku.ca
Accepting New Graduate Students
Dr. Jessica Braimoh is a critical sociologist whose research and teaching interests include the interrelation between criminalization, racialization, class (among other systems of domination and difference); socio-legal processes and organizing institutions; and the experiences of “at-risk” populations. Guided by principles of social justice, her work seeks to uncover the ways that inequality is perpetuated and maintained.
Prior to coming to York Jessica was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. There she explored the criminalization of homelessness in B.C. and more specifically the socio-legal processes managing encampments and the use of public space by unhoused people. She is currently working on two projects. The first is a collaborative project that explores how different groups of people in mid-sized cities perceive homelessness, use of space, public safety, and community integration. The second project examines the interactions among criminal justice and housing sectors for preventing youth homelessness. She has published her work in the Journal of Law and Social Policy; Critical Sociology; The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare; Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society; The Canadian Journal of Public Health; PLOS One, and Social Science & Medicine.
Degrees
PhD, Sociology, McMaster UniversityMA, Sociology, Western University
Research Interests
Braimoh, J., Dej, E., & Sanders, C. (2023). ‘Somebody’s street’: Eviction of homeless encampments as a reflection of interlocking colonial and class relations. Journal of Law & Social Policy, 36, 12-22.
Bauer, GR, Mahendra, M., Braimoh, J., Alam, S., & Churchill, S. (2020). Identifying visible minorities or racialized persons on surveys: can we just ask? Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1-12.
Bauer GR., Braimoh J., Scheim AI, & Dharma C. (2017). “Transgender-Inclusive Measures of Sex/Gender for Population Surveys: Mixed-Method Evaluation and Recommendations. PLoS ONE, 12(5).
Nichols, N. & Braimoh, J. (2016). “Community Safety, Housing Precariousness and Processes of Exclusion: An institutional ethnography from the standpoints of youth in an "unsafe" urban neighbourhood." Critical Sociology, 1-16.
Heath M., Braimoh J., & Gouweloos J. (2016). “Judging Women’s Sexual Agency: Contemporary Sex Wars in the Legal Terrain of Prostitution and Polygamy.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 42(1): 199-225.
Braimoh J. (2015). “A Service Disparity for Rural Youth: Producing Service Decisions in the Urban Youth Centre and its Rural Branch”. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XLII (2): 31-54.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC2652 6.0 | A | Criminal Justice Systems | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4667 6.0 | A | Criminology placement course | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4652 6.0 | A | Contemporary Issues in Criminology | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4666 6.0 | A | Sex, Crime & Danger | SEMR |
Dr. Jessica Braimoh is a critical sociologist whose research and teaching interests include the interrelation between criminalization, racialization, class (among other systems of domination and difference); socio-legal processes and organizing institutions; and the experiences of “at-risk” populations. Guided by principles of social justice, her work seeks to uncover the ways that inequality is perpetuated and maintained.
Prior to coming to York Jessica was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. There she explored the criminalization of homelessness in B.C. and more specifically the socio-legal processes managing encampments and the use of public space by unhoused people. She is currently working on two projects. The first is a collaborative project that explores how different groups of people in mid-sized cities perceive homelessness, use of space, public safety, and community integration. The second project examines the interactions among criminal justice and housing sectors for preventing youth homelessness. She has published her work in the Journal of Law and Social Policy; Critical Sociology; The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare; Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society; The Canadian Journal of Public Health; PLOS One, and Social Science & Medicine.
Degrees
PhD, Sociology, McMaster UniversityMA, Sociology, Western University
Research Interests
All Publications
Braimoh, J., Dej, E., & Sanders, C. (2023). ‘Somebody’s street’: Eviction of homeless encampments as a reflection of interlocking colonial and class relations. Journal of Law & Social Policy, 36, 12-22.
Bauer, GR, Mahendra, M., Braimoh, J., Alam, S., & Churchill, S. (2020). Identifying visible minorities or racialized persons on surveys: can we just ask? Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1-12.
Bauer GR., Braimoh J., Scheim AI, & Dharma C. (2017). “Transgender-Inclusive Measures of Sex/Gender for Population Surveys: Mixed-Method Evaluation and Recommendations. PLoS ONE, 12(5).
Nichols, N. & Braimoh, J. (2016). “Community Safety, Housing Precariousness and Processes of Exclusion: An institutional ethnography from the standpoints of youth in an "unsafe" urban neighbourhood." Critical Sociology, 1-16.
Heath M., Braimoh J., & Gouweloos J. (2016). “Judging Women’s Sexual Agency: Contemporary Sex Wars in the Legal Terrain of Prostitution and Polygamy.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 42(1): 199-225.
Braimoh J. (2015). “A Service Disparity for Rural Youth: Producing Service Decisions in the Urban Youth Centre and its Rural Branch”. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XLII (2): 31-54.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC2652 6.0 | A | Criminal Justice Systems | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4667 6.0 | A | Criminology placement course | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4652 6.0 | A | Contemporary Issues in Criminology | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4666 6.0 | A | Sex, Crime & Danger | SEMR |
