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Bosco
Villavicencio

Adjunct Lecturer
Room number
Haaren Hall 520.09

Areas of expertise

Most requested topics by media
Criminal Justice / Crime Prevention & Reduction
Juvenile Justice
Faculty Expertise: topics/keywords

Criminological theory, quantitative methods, juvenile justice, and applied research.

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Criminal Justice, CUNY Graduate Center (2024 - Present)

Master of Arts (M.A.) - Criminal Justice, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2019 - 2020)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Criminology, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2015 - 2018)

Bio

Bosco Villavicencio is an adjunct for the Department of Sociology at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Master of Arts in Criminal Justice at John Jay, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at the CUNY Graduate Center. Since 2019, Bosco taught introduction to sociology, criminology theory, victimology, and juvenile justice courses. His interests include developmental criminology, adolescent offending, applied research, criminology theory, juvenile recidivism, and quantitative methods. Bosco aims to deepen his scholarship and make meaningful contributions to the field through teaching, research, and service. 

JJC Affiliations
Sociology Department, Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice
Courses Taught

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 

SOC 203 Criminology 

SOC 232 Social Stratification 

SOC 236/CRJ 236 Victimology

SOC 240 Social Deviance 

SOC 309 Youth, Crime, and Justice 

SOC 440 Senior Seminar in Criminology

Professional Memberships

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)

American Society of Criminology (ASC)

Languages
English & Spanish