Research Guides: OER: Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice OER

Drugs, Politics, and Culture
This class from MIT OpenCourseWare looks "at the relationship between drugs and such phenomena as poverty, religion, technology, inter-generational conflict, colonialism, and global capitalism." It includes an evaluation of America's drug laws.
Law and Society
An MIT OpenCourseWare class examining "the central features of law as a social institution and as a feature of popular culture. We will explore the nature of law as a set of social systems, central actors in the systems, legal reasoning, and the relationship of the legal form and reasoning to social change."
The Meaning of Crime
A unit from The Open University investigating definitions of crime, the process of going from crime to conviction, and society's views of crimes and criminal justice.
Race Crime and Citizenship in American Law
"This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current state of modern American criminal justice, with an emphasis on its relationship to citizenship, nationhood, and race/ethnicity"

Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body
Take a virtual tour of The National Library of Medicine's exhibit on the history of forensic science. Includes cases, photographs, and educational resources.

Census of State and Local Law Agencies
"This resource provides statistical data pertaining to state and local law enforcement, including: personnel, operating expenditures, 9-1-1 participation, computers and information systems, video cameras, police-public contact, and law enforcement training academies."