Peter Manning is a Criminal Justice professor at Northeastern University rated 2.3/5 by 13 students, with 3.2/5 difficulty (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Peter Manning professor reviews and ratings: 2.3/5 from 13 student reviews at Northeastern. TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
This guy feels he has a moral, political and scholarly obligation is to sit down everyday and write and think about what he knows contributing to the growth of the democratic thinking. Once you understand that, then you can see what his lectures are trying to communicate. As a student, try approaching the subject feeling that same obligation!!!CJ799 2016-01-18 17:15:10 +0000 UTC
Wasn't sure at first but I really enjoyed this class and teacher. Very interested and dedicated to his field. Good assigned reading and he I'd very helpful. I thought his jokes were funny.CRIM7028 2015-06-11 16:17:25 +0000 UTC
Lovely man, so intelligent.POLIC3 2012-07-07 13:04:29 +0000 UTC
Brilliant guy, terrible teacher. If you're a good writer then this class is a boring, albeit easy, A. The books you read aren't bad either. Glad I took this class, but REALLY glad I'm done with it.CJU799 2009-06-24 10:29:37 +0000 UTC
Do NOT take capstone with this teacher. Ok Manning is an extremely intelligent individual, and a great researcher...but he cannot teach. For his capstone class you read 4 books having nothing to do with CJ and then you write 4 papers. The final is a 10 page paper. Your grade depends SOLELY on your TA... find a different teacherCAPSTONE 2008-12-16 19:21:57 +0000 UTC
Great Guy. Super intelligent. Will do anything to help a student. Read the book, participate in the discussion, and he will do you right. A very good man and a very good teacherHCJG208 2008-11-09 21:39:36 +0000 UTC
Extremely intelligent, but does not seem to notice anyone else is in the classroom , but himself. he is better one on one though.POLIC101 2008-07-06 01:51:32 +0000 UTC
Nice guy, awful teacher. He is too smart for his own good and should just stick to writing books.POLSTRA 2007-12-14 14:16:31 +0000 UTC
Horrible prof. your grade all depends who you get as a TA.POLICESTRAT 2004-12-09 13:37:48 +0000 UTC
No CommentsPOLICING 2004-05-23 17:32:23 +0000 UTC
He is a rambling mess...He uses his own books that he wrote and I love it when he goes "in Manning, pg 22, i wrote.." give me a break. His tests were easy because the TA told us everything to study.POSTRAT 2004-03-21 00:57:00 +0000 UTC
Blah, this class was horrible! Professor Manning seems like a really great guy and is extremely intelligent, but is not a teacher. Assigns 5 books, all which are about the same exact thing and then assigns 4 papers, plus a 10 page final paper. The TA grades them I believe, and she was pretty lenient. Lectures are eye-gougingly boring. Avoid!!!!!!CJ799 2008-12-23 15:18:40 +0000 UTC
This prof is horrible. He is very knowledgable in his field but poorly transfers that knowledge to students. The grade you get mostly depends who you get as a TA.POLICESTRAT 2004-11-08 14:23:09 +0000 UTC
Peter Manning has an average rating of 2.3/5 from 13 student reviews.
Peter Manning's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.2/5 based on student reviews.
Peter Manning has taught CRIM4900, CRIM4949, CRIM3500, CRIM7230 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.