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Welcome to the last week of classes and exam week!

Announcements

Dear students,

We are just a day away from the end of Fall 2022! Tomorrow, we will finish with the materials posted in Week 13. We will discuss feminist criminology.

Please make sure you are finishing up all your Steps. I am here to help you if you need any help. I am just an email away after tomorrow. I have office hours today, from 1 pm to 2 pm, and tomorrow right before the class.

See you all tomorrow at 11:00 am.

Reminder: Please complete the post-assessment (Step 9) by Tuesday!

Announcements

The link for the assessment is here:

https://tinyurl.com/DAREPostAssessmentFall22

Dear students,

This is an important email about a required class activity. The course in which you are enrolled is participating in a project funded by the National Science Foundation to improve students’ quantitative literacy skills. As a result of our participation in this initiative, during the semester I am administering two rounds of assessments that focus on quantitative reasoning skills. Your participation in these assessments is a required classroom activity and counts towards attendance/participation. However, you have a choice as to whether or not you want your data to be used for research purposes. Please watch the video here to learn more about this project:

https://tinyurl.com/NSFDARE

In order to receive attendance/class participation credit, you must complete the post-assessment by December 14th. Your participation in these assessments is very important to evaluate the effectiveness of faculty efforts to teach quantitative data analysis. In some classes, students will complete the assessments even if they do not participate in any quantitative literacy activities. In other classes, they will undertake quantitative data analysis.

We ask that you kindly treat the assessments seriously as the results are important for understanding how we can effectively improve our curriculum. Your performance on the assessment has no bearing on your grade in this course and will never be used to evaluate you personally. That said, please try your best, but don’t try to look up answers as that will negatively impact our research.

Meanwhile, you do have the option of deciding whether you want your results to be used for research purposes. Regardless of whether or not you choose to participate in this research, the assessment you complete for class will be the same. However, if you choose to participate in the research, you will be paid $5.00 for your completion of the assessment and you will be asked some additional background questions.  

The principal investigators for this project, including Esther Wilder (Lehman College), Rebecca West (Lehman College), and Eduardo Vianna (LaGuardia Community College), would be extremely grateful if you would be willing to allow your data to be used for research. If you choose to do that, the research team will protect the confidentiality of your data. We can only provide compensation ($5) to students who are participants in this research study.

The link for the assessment is here:

https://tinyurl.com/DAREPostAssessmentFall22

Thank you for taking the time to do this!

The DARE Team

Welcome to Week 13!

Announcements

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 labeling, critical and feminist criminologies. Please make sure to visit Week 13 unit.

I will post the questions for Exam 3 (due date December 18th) sometime this week. It will cover materials from Exam 2 to the end of the semester.

You will now be a full-steam ahead on your final paper. If you have missing steps, now is the time to work on finishing them. 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 steps or anything else.

https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/3772687009

I can also meet with you via ZOOM by appointment.

WEEK 13 (December 5th to December 11th): Labeling Theories, Critical Theories, and Feminist Criminology

Weekly Units

Overview

This week we will focus on the last crop of theories. We will begin by focusing on labeling theory. Then, we will proceed in identifying the difference between mainstream and critical criminology. Finally, we will discuss feminist criminology.

The labeling theory will be the first focus of the week. 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. We will also learn about ideas proposed by John Braithwaite on reintegrative shaming.

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.

In this last week of the semester, we will finally focus on feminist theories in criminology. Feminist theories in criminology insist that women’s deviance was worthy of academic inquiry and contributes to our understanding of women as victims, offenders, and practitioners of the criminal justice system. The theories underscore gender differences in crime and present distinct perspectives on feminist criminology including liberal and critical/radical.

Labeling Theories

Learning Objectives

By the end of the week, you will be able to:

  • Discuss primary and secondary deviance.
  • Summarize the foundational ideas of labeling theory.
  • Describe the basic assumptions of labeling theory.
  • Describe reintegrative shaming according to John Braithwaite.
  • Evaluate the research and criticism s of labeling theory.

Workflow

Reading

Chapter 10: Labeling Theory. In Tierney, John. Key Perspectives in Criminology, McGraw-Hill Education, 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/reader.action?docID=480635&ppg=101

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STEP 9: DARE Post-Assessment Due Date December 14th

Assignments,

Dear students,

This is an important post about a required class activity. The course in which you are enrolled is participating in a project funded by the National Science Foundation to improve students’ quantitative literacy skills. As a result of our participation in this initiative, during the semester I am administering two rounds of assessments that focus on quantitative reasoning skills. Your participation in these assessments is a required classroom activity and counts towards attendance/participation. However, you have a choice as to whether or not you want your data to be used for research purposes. Please watch the video here to learn more about this project:

https://tinyurl.com/NSFDARE

In order to receive attendance/class participation credit, you must complete the post-assessment by December 14th. Your participation in these assessments is very important to evaluate the effectiveness of faculty efforts to teach quantitative data analysis. In some classes, students will complete the assessments even if they do not participate in any quantitative literacy activities. In other classes, they will undertake quantitative data analysis.

We ask that you kindly treat the assessments seriously as the results are important for understanding how we can effectively improve our curriculum. Your performance on the assessment has no bearing on your grade in this course and will never be used to evaluate you personally. That said, please try your best, but don’t try to look up answers as that will negatively impact our research.

Meanwhile, you do have the option of deciding whether you want your results to be used for research purposes. Regardless of whether or not you choose to participate in this research, the assessment you complete for class will be the same. However, if you choose to participate in the research, you will be paid $5.00 for your completion of the assessment and you will be asked some additional background questions.

The principal investigators for this project, including Esther Wilder (Lehman College), Rebecca West (Lehman College), and Eduardo Vianna (LaGuardia Community College), would be extremely grateful if you would be willing to allow your data to be used for research. If you choose to do that, the research team will protect the confidentiality of your data. We can only provide compensation ($5) to students who are participants in this research study.

The link for the assessment is here:

https://tinyurl.com/DAREPostAssessmentFall22

Thank you for taking the time to do this!

The DARE Team