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Criminology

I am looking for some OER criminology sources that focus on theories of crime, methodological approaches, and major categories.
I have found some but I feel like I am going in circles on some of it. Does anyone have any links or resources they would be willing to share?

MERLOT has a category of Criminal Justice. This is further categorized in a number of areas:
Corrections (45) Courts (15) Crime and Communites (18) Crime (61) Drugs (14) Forensics (117) Intelligence (36) Justice System (44) Juvenile Justice (17) Law & Society (71) Law Enforcement (83) Victims (21)
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I’ve been asked by a teaching colleague to find OER related to an introduction to forensics course. Any resources that can be identified are appreciated.

Hi Peter, there is an Open Textbook Library book used by some CC faculty:
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-logic-and-critical-thinking
Another one by Pressbooks is:
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-in-credible-argument-crafting-and-analyzing-arguments-in-college/view
Another one by Windsor Studies in Argumentation:
https://windsor.scholarsportal.info/omp/index.php/wsia/catalog/book/9
Some other resources to consider:
https://secure.hosting.vt.edu/www.logic.phil.vt.edu/
https://libguides.valdosta.edu/c.php?g=275668&p=1837722
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/argument-critical-thinking/view
https://dc.uwm.edu/phil_facbooks/1/
Also, the Academic Senate for California Community College OER Initiative is funding two books on Argumentation that should be out by February 2020.

Criminal Justice

We have one CJ text in our collection at BCcampus: https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=03897e9e-cb62-40ed-aecc-feef5caae9d2&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Criminology

It was created here in BC so may have some Canadian content you'd need to modify.

I have authored two low-cost CJ titles which I use for four classes: Criminal Law, Criminal Court Process, Criminal Evidence, and Constitutional Law. The ebook costs $39, so this totals around $20/class. I authored these two textbooks because I had no choice. There is little to no CJ OER.

Both titles are here. Please let me know if you have any questions!

I’m currently working on creating the following OER courses at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, NY. I was wondering if others could possibly point me in the right direction for the following OER course materials:
1) Criminal Justice Ethics or Ethics Related Materials
2) Juvenile Delinquency Materials
3) Internship Related Materials

I was just talking to the Director of Library Services at Houston Community Colleges and she had shared their “Criminal Justice” OER Libguide with me. There are some great resources in here and I hope that is helpful.
http://library.hccs.edu/c.php?g=330798&p=5623923

There’s this BC Campus textbook on Ethics in Law Enforcement: https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=03897e9e-cb62-40ed-aecc-feef5caae9d2&contributor=&keyword=&subject
I have found ethics case studies through the Merlot search before. Some good ones on corporate/business ethics, but not always open.

I have a faculty member who is looking for OER materials for a Homeland Security course. He'd prefer to use an OER textbook, but if any of you know of resources that you can steer us too, that would be very helpful.
I use two Affordable Educational Resources in criminal justice that I authored ($39.99) for four courses. Perhaps he could use one of my textbooks and supplement with OER? That is what I do.

I would be happy to work with him on this issue.
My textbook information is here.

We are moving our A.A.S. in Criminal Justice to a Z Degree and have faculty working on moving all of the courses to OER ($0 cost). This may be an opportunity for us to share what we have both already accomplished.
Please feel free to email me directly at the address listed below.
Linda S. Williams, MBA, MSA
Professor, Business Administration
Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake
lswilliams@tcc.edu

We are beginning to investigate OER possibilities at our institution. We have a faculty member who would like a OER text for his Introduction to Criminal Justice course. Searching various repositories like MERLOT, Opentextbook and Openstax
gives us OER text options for Criminal Law and Introduction to Criminal Investigation. We are having a hard time locating an Intro level text for Criminal Justice.
Any suggestions would be really helpful.

The Justice Institute of BC in Vancouver, Canada is also interested in Criminal Justice books.
We are just over halfway to developing a Zed Cred in our Law Enforcement Studies Diploma (very similar to a Criminology diploma).
We haven't had much luck locating OER or open texts for Criminology subjects either so have used our SMEs and instructors to develop our own that we'd love to share.
We've authored an Intro to Criminal Investigation book and a Law Enforcement Ethics book with a Law Enforcement Communications book currently in development.
We are also in the early stages of locating collaborators on books for the following courses: Introduction to Canadian Criminal Justice System,
Introduction to Criminology and Introduction to Canadian Criminal Law.
I'm not sure that the Canadian context will help you out, but there may be crossover and some pieces that could be adapted for the US context.
I'd be happy to be in touch with you once we're further along and I have more info.

We are in the process of developing a ZTC degree for our Administration of Justice degree. We would be happy to collaborate with you on bringing OER to this field of study. (Dan Hall from Taft College)

I have a Criminal Justice faculty member interested in creating an OER textbook on Corrections. This is to replace the print textbook: Hanser, Robert D. Introduction to Corrections (3rd ed. Edition). January 2019. Sage Publications. ISBN 9781544339078.

Just based on the contents I wonder if this text might be useful: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ccj230/

I am working with an Instructional Designer who is preparing an online course for corrections workers (could be officers or outside contractors such as nurses, plumbers, etc. who work in prisons). She is seeking OER materials on the following topics. We’ve found some resources via MERLOT but are wondering if anyone is aware of additional open resources in these areas, particularly videos, simulations, or other interactive objects.
Correctional Role Expectations
Cross Cultural Relations (specifically culture, prejudice, discrimination)
Ethics and Professionalism
Communication Skills (and simulation videos of de-escalation techniques)
Workplace Violence

We have a Criminal Justice area in MERLOT. Here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/y5nwuesy

This goes to the criminal justice listing with the following sub-categories on the left. She could search these individual topics to find materials. The numbers in parentheses are the number of resources in each category.
Corrections (45)
Courts (15)
Crime and Communites (18)
Crime (62)
Drugs (14)
Forensics (115)
Intelligence (36)
Justice System (45)
Juvenile Justice (17)
Law & Society (67)
Law Enforcement (83)
Victims (21)

We have a faculty member starting an online class entitled Probation and Parole.
She is having a hard time finding an open source book.
It could be part of a larger text on community corrections but the focus is on probation and parole.

Here are a few resources:

https://cool4ed.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/216013 (Probation, CH 4.1; Parole, CH 4.3)
https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ccj230/chapter/9-11-parole/
https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/decolonizingjustice/chapter/decolonizing-mental-health-services-in-prisons
https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ccj230/chapter/9-3-probation/
https://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/1-5-the-purposes-of-punishment/

Find additional OER titles at our ADMJ OER by Subject Guide: https://guides.skylinecollege.edu/oersbysubject/admj

From MERLOT:
Material Search Results (merlot.org)

From MERLOT Smart Search:
Other Libraries (merlot.org)
The Web (merlot.org)

I'm working with a CJ professor to find OER textbooks for two courses: Intro to Corrections and Juvenile Justice.
Any suggestions are welcome.

You may find what you are looking for in our Corrections and Criminal Justice bookshelf:
https://workforce.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Corrections

We have a few CJ programs across FL and our libraries have pulled together resources,
which you can scan for useful OER: (may also include state, national, and library resources)
https://irsc.libguides.com/openeducationalresources/criminaljustice
https://libguides.uwf.edu/c.php?g=215123&p=1420538
Professor at UNF created or adapted a Zero cost resource for Juvenile Justice course,
but I can not locate the resource listing. If you contact she may share what she is using.
Brown, Samantha. Title: Assistant Professor. Email: samantha.brown@unf
https://louis.oercommons.org/curated-collections/132
https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ccj230/

Can you all give some ideas of some great OER Books that you are using for Criminal Justice at the freshman and sophomore level. Some of the courses we are teaching at our college include:
CRIJ 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRIJ 1306 Court Systems and Practices CAPSTONE
CRIJ 1307 Crime in America
CRIJ 1310 Fundamentals of Criminal Law
CRIJ 1313 Juvenile Justice System
CRIJ 2301 Community Resources in Corrections
CRIJ 2313 Correctional Systems and Practices
CRIJ 2314 Criminal Investigation
CRIJ 2323 Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement
CRIJ 2328 Police Systems and Practices

Here's a link to our curated collection -
Open Educational Resources and Administration of Justice
It's organized by descriptors - which you can access to find out what each course is all about.

Forensic Science

I have a professor attempting to put together a proposal for an Introduction to Forensic Science course and is hoping for some OER to include.
I've searched through the regular channels and found a few things (a chapter from BC Campus' Intro to Criminal Investigation
text, a chapter from OpenStax Biology) but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a text or full course which they could share?

There are a couple of resources used at Lane Community College that might help:
http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=Forensic

I have faculty who are SO FED UP with their publisher and I want to help them out but I can't seem to find anything fantastic to replace their textbook for their Crimanlistics / Forensic Science for Criminal Justice course. Can you send me any good texts for this subject? I'm only finding bits and pieces around!

You might find some relevant content in a course taught at Lane Community College: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=Forensic

Law
A professor is looking for textbooks and other resources for two law courses: Business Law and Law & Society (Constitutional Law, court procedures, civil & criminal law and public policy). We are aware of the Saylor textbooks, but she was not happy with them. Can anyone provide some suggestions?
I have authored low-cost resources in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure ($39.99). Both textbooks come with all course materials like PPT, lecture notes, quizzes, exams, discussion topics, and accessible (captioned) video lectures. Criminal Procedure By Storm can be supplemented with OER and used for Criminal Evidence and Constitutional Law

Hello, all. I will be meeting with faculty in the Fire Science, Mortuary science, and Law Enforcement programs on my campus tomorrow to discuss OER. Does anyone know of resources for these programs. I searched skillscommons but got one result in fire science. Thanks for any leads.
Within the Criminal Justice topic there are resources under Law Enforcement (83)

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I have an instructor looking for an open source textbook for Litigation Procedures?

That's an incredibly broad topic. There are business law books and there are remixing possibilities. Could your colleague narrow it down a bit. Till then have a look at
https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Law and
https://www.oercommons.org/curated-collections/405 and there are some open case books out there for law school students
https://about.opencasebook.org/blog/

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) has produced a large number of free & openly licensed law books that might be of interest:

https://www.cali.org/the-elangdell-bookstore
Harvard also has an open casebook project: https://opencasebook.org/search/ . It looks like there's at least one casebook there with materials for complex litigation:

https://opencasebook.org/casebooks/378-lahav-complex-litigation-materials/

Paralegal

The folks who run our paralegal associate’s degree program have made the decision that they’d like to convert all courses in the program
to a zero-cost textbook model, with the intention of leaning heavily on OERs.
I’ve done a bit of looking in the usual places and haven’t come up with many quality/current resources for them to use. I’m wondering:
1. Are there any other paralegal programs that have made a similar transition? Care to share your experience?
2. Any suggestions on where to go to broaden my search? Any recommendations for specific resources?

Cornell has a good site ( LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu) ) that we leverage in our paralegal courses, as well as Oyez .
We also subscribe to CALI ( Home | CALI), which has affordable lesson content. LawShelf.com is another resource.
We also try and use the free Bluebook citation information they provide online, but some of our courses require the full book.

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