7 Criminal Justice

Book Collections & Textbooks

• Ethics in Law Enforcement: This book examines the moral and ethical issues that exist within law enforcement and familiarize readers with the basic history, principles, and theories of ethics. About the Authors: Steve McCartney, MSc, retired from the Vancouver Police Department after 28 years of service, and Rick Parent, PhD, an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology – Police Studies. [CC BY]
• Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System: This text covers law enforcement, criminal courts, sentencing, penal institutions, and community-based sanctions. It also includes historical and contemporary perspectives on components of the criminal justice system, as well as the legal and constitutional frameworks in which they operate. [CC BY-SA]
• The Cause and Consequence of Human Trafficking: Human Rights Violations: By Ohio State University, “this text, is intended to convey the importance of understanding how the violation of human rights is a cause and consequence of human trafficking.” [CC BY-NC}
• Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Processes, Practices and Thinking: “A teaching text describing and segmenting criminal investigations into its component parts to illustrate the craft of criminal investigation.” The book describes “task-skills such incident response, crime scene management, evidence management, witness management, and forensic analysis, as essential foundations supporting the critical thinking-skills of offence validation and theory development for the creation of effective investigative plans aimed at forming reasonable grounds for belief. The goal of the text is to assist the reader in forming their own structured mental map of investigative thinking practices. [CC BY-NC]
• Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions: “This is the Fifth Edition of Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions, a casebook for a one-semester torts course that carves out a distinctive niche in the field by focusing on the institutions and sociology of American tort law.” [CC BY-NC-SA]
• Criminal Law: “This textbook introduces you to our legal system in the United States, the basic elements of a crime, the specific elements of commonly encountered crimes, and most criminal defenses. Criminal law always involves the government and government action, so you will also review the pertinent sections of the United States Constitution and its principles as they apply to criminal law. By the end of the book, you will be comfortable with the legal framework that governs the careers of criminal justice professionals.” [CC BY-NC-SA]

Repositories & Research

• CRJ110 Intro to Criminal Justice: Curated guide from Colorado Community College System (CCCS)/CCCOnline; Materials have been librarian-curated from a variety of sources and vetted for content and alignment by subject matter experts.
• Urban Omnibus: An online publication of the The Architectural League of New York, a non-profit organization “for creative and intellectual work in architecture, urbanism, and related disciplines dedicated to observing, understanding, and shaping the city.”
• FBI Crime Data Explorer: The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE) provides transparency, create easier access to criminal and noncriminal law enforcement data sharing; improve accountability for law enforcement; and provide a foundation to help shape public policy with the result of a safer nation. Uses data visualization  and other large FBI data files.
• Fundamental Cases in Criminal Justice: Cases that are intended to be easy to read and provide lower-division students with a gentle introduction to key legal concepts that define the workings of our criminal justice system. Part I: Safeguards; Part II: Police; Part III: Courts and Sentencing; Part IV: Corrections; Part V: Juvenile Justice. Everything in this site is attributable to Dr. Adam J. McKee unless otherwise specified in a particular document.  I am a professor of criminal justice at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
• Pew Research Center: Criminal Justice: “The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.” Wikipedia

OER SPOTLIGHT: CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Fundamental Cases in Criminal Justice: Cases that are intended to be easy to read and provide lower-division students with a gentle introduction to key legal concepts that define the workings of our criminal justice system. Part I: Safeguards; Part II: Police; Part III: Courts and Sentencing; Part IV: Corrections; Part V: Juvenile Justice. Everything in this site is attributable to Dr. Adam J. McKee unless otherwise specified in a particular document.  I am a professor of criminal justice at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Video

• TED Talks: Crime: A collection of TED Talks on the topic of Crime.
• TED Talks: Forensics: A collection of TED Talks on the topic of Forensics.
• How it Works: Inside the Denver Police Department: Videos include HOW IT WORKS: License Plate Readers; Speed Enforcement; Less Lethal Technology; Active Shooter Training; Photo Radar; Red Light Cameras; Credit card Skimmers; Amber Alerts, and more. Videos licensed with Creative Commons.