Professor
Room: 520.24T
Phone: 212-237-8695
Fax: 212-237-8941
Email: akarmen@jjay.cuny.edu
Andrew Karmen received his Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia
University in 1977. Since 1978, he has been a professor in the Sociology
Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He has taught courses
on a wide range of subjects including criminal justice, criminology,
victimology, crime and justice in New York City, drug abuse, delinquency,
social problems, race relations, research methods, statistics and general
sociology. He is co-director of the Master's program in Criminal
Justice, a member of the doctoral faculty, and has served the coordinator of
the criminology and criminal justice undergraduate majors. Dr. Karmen has written chapters in books as well as journal
articles on a number of subjects, including drug abuse, police use of deadly force,
auto theft, providing defense attorneys to indigents, victims' rights, the
victimization of women and predictions about the plight of crime victims in the
future. His textbook, Crime Victims: An Introduction to
Victimology is now in its 4th edition (Wadsworth, 2001). His most recent book, New York Murder Mystery: the true
story behind the crime crash of the 1990s (NYU Press, 2000) unearths
statistical data that casts doubt on most of the widely held beliefs about the
reasons for the sharp drop in New York City's crime rates.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Karmen, A. (2001) Crime Victims: An Introduction to
Victimology 4th edition. New York: Wadsworth Publishing.
Karmen, A. (2000) New York Murder Mystery: The
true story behind the crime crash of the 1990s. New York: NYU Press.
Karmen, A. (editor) (2001) Crime and Justice
in New York City, Volume One: New York City's Crime Problem.
Cincinnati, OH: Wadsworth
Custom Publishing.
Karmen, A. (editor) (2001) Crime and Justice
in New York City, Volume Two: New York City's Criminal Justice
System. Cincinnati, OH:
Wadsworth Custom Publishing.