Dear students,
I am finally done grading!
This is the end of our journey together. You have worked hard all semester, and your understanding of the issues pertaining to criminal justice and the urban community has deepened. I wish you …
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PCDPH0WOkIX8ZapFMpnuvtMS4wjT3bNFyQhp3yeL4OY/edit?usp=sharing
Your final exam will take place from May 18th to May 21st on Blackboard.
You will see these exact questions on the exam. They would be grouped, and you will answer 1 question per group, picked randomly (by Bb). …
This week, as we approach the end of the semester, I would like to invite you to present your findings from the semester-long project. Essentially, you will present what you learned about your neighborhood. Be ready to show slides (5-6).…
This week we will focus on how to overcome community disorder. We will explore two research articles dealing with this topic. They offer two different solutions, and we will discuss how we can see our communities moving forward.
Tomorrow (4/25), instead of our regular class, I invite you to the opening ceremony of Social Justice Week: https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/event/social-justice-week-opening-ceremony/
Find me there to sign in (I will try to look for you). Stay until the end (3 pm) to have …
This week we are switching gears and focusing on the twin issues that have been plaguing our cities and suburbs/exurbs: the red-lining and the white flight. We will look at the historical trends in housing discrimination and will study …
Please see the attached flyer and register to participate in this exciting opportunity for our students:
Flier-Criminal-Justice-Career-Event-F-4-27-23Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope you found some time to relax and catch up on sleep. This week we will be discussing gentrification in urban communities (which is of interest to so many of you). Please find all …
This week we will focus on gentrification, the concept that we turned to from time to time. The term “gentrification” was originally coined in the 1960s by Ruth Glass to describe the transformation of working-class London neighborhoods into middle …
This week, we will conclude the discussion of Victor Rios’ book Punished. We will discuss the book’s methods and conclusions. We will also discuss how we can solve the issues outlined in his book. Does the author provide solutions?
Read the chapters here:
Punished_Policing_the_Lives_of_Black_and_Latino_Bo…_-_Pg_43-115Dear students,
We are at the mid-point of the Spring semester. Our studies are progressing well, and many of you are active in submitting assignments and participating in class discussions. If you have fallen behind in assignments, don’t worry. Pick …
For the next three weeks, we will be reading Victor Rios’ book Punished. In each class, we will analyze and discuss the main ideas from the chapters.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/reader.action?docID=865849&ppg=22
The …
Dear students,
I have decided to switch around some topics, and this week we will be focusing on the geographical/spatial concentration of incarceration. We will look at some studies and maps to understand why there is such a concentration of …
This week we will focus on spatial analysis of mass incarceration in the United States. On the one hand, we will learn that the highest imprisonment rates are in small cities, suburbs, and rural areas. For example, we will …
This week we will review two other approaches to studying communities and crime. One perspective focuses on explicating the role of culture and how it impacts crime in a community. Another perspective, which proved to be quite influential at …
Dear students,
There would not be class today (2/28) at 2:00 pm. I will be there on Thursday. Please continue working on your assignments and email me if you have any questions. Please let others know as well.
I will …
This week we will be engaging with the work by William Julius Wilson and his work on the inner city communities he categorized as truly disadvantaged. In this work, he focused on the underclass, particularly the Black underclass. In …
Dear students,
We are in Week 4 of the course. This week we will go over how to start your research on the topic you chose for Step 1. I prepared a unit that we will use on Thursday.
This …
Here are some important links in which I will demonstrate how to properly conduct library research and write an annotated bibliography.
This week we will continue talking about urban communities and cities. We will discuss the key characters that make a place a city. We will also focus on the issue of representation and decision-making in the cities.
This week we will focus on defining what makes a community. First, we will read an excerpt from a book by Jane Jacobs, a renowned American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Then, we …
Register for the two upcoming transfer sessions in March!
| Borough of Manhattan CC general CJA | Virtual | Wednesday | 3/1/2022 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | https://jjay-cuny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpceyopjIjG9wJRGfVh4DLnR-mCxkZkr6M |
| Criminal Justice Majors (with faculty from John Jay) | Virtual | Thursday | 3/23/2022 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | https://jjay-cuny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoc-qgrzsuGd25bCoNgrPqgqDe0DtYEOuE |
In this unit, I would like us to pause and think about the words we routinely use in criminology/criminal justice: offender, criminal, convict, felon, inmates, prisoner, ex-prisoner, juvenile delinquent, and on and on. What unites all these words? What do …
In American society, most people believe that individuals shape their own destinies. However, while people have the ability to make decisions, their choices are often shaped or limited by larger social forces, such as our family, our social class, …
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