Satenik Margaryan’s Profile
Courses
CRJ 102-0503|Criminology|Spring 2023|Professor Satenik Margaryan
This is an introductory and foundational course in the study of crime and justice. It is designed to introduce students to the various historical and contemporary theories and empirical research used to understand deviant and criminal behavior. This course takes a critical approach to the study of the definition and measurement of crime, as well as applications of these theories to practice and in policy. Offending and victimization, as these relate to specific crime types (i.e., white collar crime, violent crime, sex crime, drug related crimes, etc.) will be explored. Prerequisites: SOC 100, (ENG 88 or ESL 94) and ACR 94
CRJ 204|Criminal Justice and the Urban Community|Margaryan
This course takes a critical approach to the study of crime and justice in urban settings. Course materials examine contemporary crime-related issues that affect urban communities within a historical and sociological context. The course highlights the intersections of deviant behavior and the criminal justice system within the structures of class, race, gender, and power inequalities. Topics explored may include racial profiling, juvenile delinquency, media representations of crime, policing, the war on drugs, and prisoner re-entry.
CRJ 102-110W | Criminology | Spring 2024 | Margaryan
This is an introductory and foundational course in the study of crime and justice. It is designed to introduce students to the various historical and contemporary theories and empirical research used to understand deviant and criminal behavior. This course takes a critical approach to the study of the definition and measurement of crime, as well as applications of these theories to practice and in policy. Offending and victimization, as these relate to specific crime types (i.e., white collar crime, violent crime, sex crime, drug related crimes, etc.) will be explored.
CRJ 204:1400 | Criminal Justice and the Urban Community | Margaryan |Spring 2024
This course takes a critical approach to the study of crime and justice in urban settings. Course materials examine contemporary crime-related issues that affect urban communities within a historical and sociological context. The course highlights the intersections of deviant behavior and the criminal justice system within the structures of class, race, gender, and power inequalities. Topics explored may include racial profiling, juvenile delinquency, media representations of crime, policing, the war on drugs, and prisoner re-entry. Prerequisites/Co-requisites: CRJ 101, CRJ 102.
CRJ 204:1700 | Criminal Justice and the Urban Community | Margaryan |Spring 2024
This course takes a critical approach to the study of crime and justice in urban settings. Course materials examine contemporary crime-related issues that affect urban communities within a historical and sociological context. The course highlights the intersections of deviant behavior and the criminal justice system within the structures of class, race, gender, and power inequalities. Topics explored may include racial profiling, juvenile delinquency, media representations of crime, policing, the war on drugs, and prisoner re-entry.
Communities
The online community for the BMCC Academic Senate.
OER Resources for Teaching Criminal Justice at BMCC (and beyond)
This is an online community designed for sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) among faculty teaching in the criminal justice program and as a vibrant and collaborative digital space.This OpenLab community serves as a hub for educators to access, share, and discuss free educational resources that are particularly tailored to the field of criminal justice. At its core, the community is an extensive repository of OER materials. These include multimedia resources like videos podcasts, and interactive learning tools. The resources cover a wide range of topics relevant to criminal justice. In addition, this community also acts as a networking platform, enabling faculty from different institutions to connect, form partnerships, and collaborate on research and teaching projects.
The Open Knowledge Commons brings together faculty, staff, and students committed to knowledge as a public good and creating spaces for the BMCC community to share our knowledge with the world.
In the Criminal Justice Program (CRJ) at the Social Sciences, Human Services, and Criminal Justice Department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), you will find yourself in an academically stimulating environment, surrounded by highly-committed and trained faculty. The Criminal Justice Program provides a multidisciplinary study of the structure, administration, and dynamics of the criminal justice system. Faculty strive to broaden and deepen your understanding of the complex social, economic, and political issues facing our society. Your courses examine theories of offending and victimization, provide a solid foundation in criminal justice studies, and promote critical thinking on the competing ideologies of and social responses to crime.
Teaching on the OpenLab | Summer 2023
A virtual learning community for faculty who applied and were accepted to participate in the June 2023 Teaching on the OpenLab. (Image credit: “Abstract Bird” by Biance Van Dijk on Pixabay).
Projects
A space for faculty to share ideas about how to support student learning during the transition to distance learning for the remainder of Spring 2020. Please request to join if you are faculty at BMCC. Click on “Visit Project Site” in the upper right to access BMCC’s Course Continuity Resources website.
Open Educational Resources at BMCC
This project and site are a resource for faculty interested in redesigning their courses with open educational resources (OER) and other no-cost materials, including library resources. (image credit: Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash)
Interactive Lessons of Critical Issues in Justice: OER Creation Project | BMCC Criminal Justice Prog
The BMCC Criminal Justice Program has approximately 2,500 students majoring in the discipline. Criminal justice majors are required to complete the course, Criminal Justice and the Urban Community, CRJ 204, to earn the Associate of Arts (A.A.) Degree. Historically, the CRJ Program offered on average seven (7) sections designated as OER/Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC). Approximately 27 sections of CRJ 204 are offered, annually (Spring-15, Summer-3, Fall-9). On average, 400 students enroll in these sections each semester and more than 800 students per academic year. CRJ 204 students apply the culmination of their learning, knowledge, and skills from their social science courses by critically analyzing complex, yet culturally relevant, social issues and conduct an original research study. To note, the interactive lessons inclusive of the proposed project are appropriate for implementation in other CRJ and social science courses.
