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Sample Short Assignment #1
For this assignment, I followed the coverage of crimes in New York Times. Throughout the week, there were a number of stories about crime published there. Here is the list of stories:
Death in Navy SEAL Training Exposes a Culture of Brutality, Cheating and Drugs: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/us/navy-seal-training-death.html?smid=url-share
Summary of the article:
My Weekly Schedule
Dear students,
I just wanted to share with you my weekly schedule for Fall 2022. You will be able to see where to find me Monday through Friday. I am also an email away!
Monday Check in
Dear students,
I hope that you are finding the course easy to manage so far. I have seen a great number of you responding to the first discussion forum. Please make sure that if you haven’t posted so far to do so by the end of the week. I would also like you to take Online Learning Orientation – 2022 on Blackboard. Please email me the screenshot of your completion screen.
I have already posted your first Short Assignment. Please start working on this. I will post a video about how to post your assignment in OpenLab.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I have virtual student hours today, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. You can find me here: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/3772687009
You can also email me @ smargaryan@bmcc.cuny.edu
And you can comment underneath this announcement.
Welcome to the end of the course!
Dear students,
Tomorrow is the last day of classes for the Fall 2022 semester.
There is no new material to study besides getting ready for Exam 4. I would like to ask you to participate in the last discussion forum . There is also course evaluations for this class that were emailed to you and the deadline to fill them out is tomorrow. If you did not receive them or deleted the email and you would like to assess the course, please email ins@bmcc.cuny.edu
I will be grading your remaining assignments and participation in the class. Exam 4 will be available tomorrow morning. You will have until December 18th to complete it.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to share them with me by emailing me at smargaryan@bmcc.cuny.edu or texting me at (212) 776-6391. I also have my last office hours today, from 1 pm to 2 pm, and tomorrow, from 9:45 am to 10:45 am.
Good luck with the finals!
Your professor,
Satenik Margaryan, Ph.D.
Last Discussion Forum
Please write here about your experience in this class, including what you learned, what surprised you, and how I can improve this class in the future. It has been a pleasure to read all of your contributions to our 14 discussion forums.
All feedback is welcome, no one will be penalized for their opinion. Thank you!
Exam 4 Questions
The questions below are the exact questions that will appear on your Final Exam. There will be 30 multiple choice questions and T/F and 2 randomly chosen short answer questions. The Final Exam will be administered on Blackboard, and it will be made available from December 14th to December 18th (11:59 pm).
Welcome to Week 14!
Dear students,
We are in the penultimate week of the Fall 2022 semester! This is the last full week of classes.
This week we are focusing on critical and feminist criminologies. Please make sure to visit Week 14 unit and participate in Discussion Forum 14.
Exam 3 is behind you but Exam 4 is coming up (due date December 18th). It will only cover this week’s materials (and some labeling theories questions).
You will now work on Short Assignment #4. You will post this last assignment in OpenLab, just like how you did it for the past three assignments. If you have submitted Short Assignment #1, Short Assignment #2, and Short Assignment #3, you are left with just one more assignment. If you haven’t, please do so as soon as possible. December 18th is the last deadline to submit any missing work.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I have office hours today and on Tuesday and Thursday. Stop by if you have any questions on the past three short assignments or anything else.
https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/3772687009
I can also meet with you via ZOOM by appointment.
Discussion Forum 14: Crimes of the Powerful
Why, according to critical criminologists, are the “crimes of the powerful” (politicians, business people, and other elites) less likely to be severely punished than those of the poor, even when those crimes have mortal consequences? Do you have examples proving your point?
Please leave at least three comments. One is your original contribution. And two comments are you replies to your classmates. Deadline: December 11th, 11:59 pm
WEEK 14 (December 5th to December 11th): Critical Theories and Feminist Criminology
Critical Criminology
Overview
This week we will focus on the last crop of theories we are going to discuss in this class. We begin by identifying the difference between mainstream and critical criminology. The critical perspectives, including conflict criminology, new critical criminology, postmodernism, and radical—Marxist—criminology are discussed. Multiple theories describe the role of the state, political actors, and/or capitalism in creating a culture of conflict. New critical criminology describes left realism, peacemaking, and postmodernism. Discussion of the critical theories ends with a description of radical or Marxist criminology, which emphasizes the role of capitalism in creating opportunities for crime. Consequently, those of lower socioeconomic status are criminalized to a much greater extent than others.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- Compare and contrast critical and mainstream criminological theories.
- Summarize the basic elements of conflict criminology.
- Identify the emerging perspectives in new critical criminology.
- Describe radical Criminology’s view on capitalism and crime.
Readings
Crimes of the powerful. Open Learn Course from Open University: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/crimes-the-powerful/content-section-1
Chapter 16 in Piquero, Alex R.. The Handbook of Criminological Theory, edited by Melissa L. Rorie, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/reader.action?docID=4035968&ppg=327
Access the chapter here.
The_Handbook_of_Criminological_Theory_-_16_Critical_Criminology-2Videos
Discussion Forum
PowerPoint
Welcome to Week 13th!
Dear students,
We have a few weeks left in the semester. This week you have Exam 3 to complete. Those students who have not submitted Short Assignment #3 need to hurry.
This week we will be focusing on the labeling theory. Originating in the mid-to-late-1960s in the United States at a moment of tremendous political and cultural conflict, labeling theorists brought to center stage the role of government agencies, and social processes in general, in the creation of deviance and crime. Learn all about it by studying the materials in Week 13 Unit. There is also a discussion about school to prison pipeline (using the labeling theory approach to understand it).
Exam 3 will be available on Thursday, December 1st on Blackboard. You will have until Sunday, December 4th to complete it. I posted the questions for Exam 3 here: https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/crj-102-0502-criminology-professor-satenik-margaryan-fall-2022/wp-content/uploads/sites/2601/2022/11/CRJ-102-Exam-3-Questions.docx
I have office hours today, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, and on Tuesday and Thursday, from 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Stop by if you have questions about the past three short assignments or anything else.
https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/3772687009
I can also meet with you via ZOOM by appointment.
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