Terry D. Edwards
Brigman Hall Rm. 101
Office Phone: 502-852-0971
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Terry Edwards's Vita (PDF)

Terry D. Edwards is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Justice Administration at the University of Louisville. Professor Edwards teaches law-related courses in the undergraduate and graduate degree programs including Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice Management. Additionally, he teaches a variety of police-related legal topics in the Southern Police Institute including Legal Issues in Police Administration for the Administrative Officers' Course.

His research interests include police civil liability, environmental crime, and Constitutional Law. As the Director of the Evaluation and Research Unit for the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), Professor Edwards is responsible for the administration and oversight of the program evaluation component of this multi-million dollar, tri-state, drug task force. Professor Edwards has authored, or co-authored, a textbook on Criminal Law, various book chapters on criminal and environmental law, and a number of articles on police legal issues.

Professor Edwards is a lifetime member of the Southern Criminal Justice Association (Past President), the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Region Two Trustee) and the American Society of Criminology. He is also a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (Environmental Crimes Committee, Legal Officers Section), the Kentucky Association of Police Chiefs, the Kentucky Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Before accepting an appointment with the University of Louisville in 1990, Professor Edwards was an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Kentucky Wesleyan College. Prior to that, he worked as a trooper with the Kentucky State Police and as a military attorney with the United States Air Force. Professor Edwards holds a law degree from the University of Louisville and a Masters' Degree in Justice Administration from Golden Gate University.