Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), CUNY Graduate Center (2024-Present, Criminal Justice)
Master of Arts (M.A.), CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2020, Criminal Justice)
- Earned Honors Distinction
- Specialization: Criminology & Deviance
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2018, Criminology)
- Earned Cum Laude Honors and Honors in Major
- Minors: Corrections and Sociology
Bosco Villavicencio serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Over the past five years, he has taught courses in criminology, victimology, and juvenile delinquency. Additionally, Bosco is pursuing his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center, focusing his research on criminological theory, juvenile justice, and quantitative methods. Before his doctoral studies, Villavicencio worked with the New York Criminal Justice Agency, the Vera Institute of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A native New Yorker, he holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree from John Jay College. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101) | Fall 2019 to Spring 2022
Criminology (SOC 203) | Fall 2019 to Present
Social Stratification (SOC 232) | Spring 2021 & Spring 2022
Victimology (SOC 236/CRJ 236) | Spring 2023 to Spring 2024
Social Deviance (SOC 240) | Spring 2020 & Spring 2021
Youth, Crime, and Justice (SOC 309) | Fall 2022
Mapping Bail Practices in the Context of Neighborhood Poverty Levels in NYC
New analysis from CJA maps arraignment bail setting in 2022 by the residential ZIP codes of the justice-involved individuals and suggests the intersection between bail setting and poverty. https://www.nycja.org/justice-in-practice/mapping-bail-practices-in-the-context-of-neighborhood-poverty-levels-in-new-york-city .
An Analysis of the Structural Parental Involvement on Subsequent Delinquency
This thesis examines how parental involvement and family structure relate to the prevalence of juvenile delinquency. To answer the research question, the current study used a large sample of 12th grade youth (n=1,272) from the Monitoring the Future project which includes measures on parental involvement, household structure, academic abilities, and risky behavior and delinquent behavior. The results of this secondary analysis showed a significant association between parental-child involvement measures and the delinquent outcomes examined; drinking, suspension, and skipping school. This study emphasizes the need to consider that the impact of household structure as well as that of a supportive environment provided by parental involvement on youth behavior and delinquency. Click here to download: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_etds/142/
2024 Fellowship for Racial Justice and Inclusive Criminology (RJIC)
The RJIC addresses the related issues of racial injustice and exclusion by supporting scholars whose work centers on issues of racial justice, and/or whose racial group is overrepresented in the American criminal justice system and underrepresented in criminology and criminal justice academia.
2024 Microsoft-Urban Institute of Justice's Catalyst Grant
Received funding a policy project titled, “A Temporal-Spatial Analysis of the Distance to Court and FTA in Marginalized Communities”. This project explores distance, time, and commute variables that increases the rate of failure-to-appear rates for those released on recognizance which can have prolonged negative consequences in the criminal legal system.