The following provides examples of existing OER that can be used for the indicated courses. Please find all potential OER identified for the discipline at Open Educational Resources and Administration of Justice and available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline.
Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Administration of Justice TMC
List “A” – Required Core Courses
Introduction to Criminal Justice (C-ID AJ 110)
- Criminal Justice: A Overview of the System (McKee, 2018) (OER-QMS)
- Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (Burke, Carter, Fedorek, Morey, Rutz-Burri, & Sanchez, 2019) (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Criminology (Cartwright) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Criminal Justice (Lumen Learning) (Licenses Vary)
Concepts of Criminal Law (C-ID AJ 120)
List “B” – Choose any two of the following courses:
Criminal Court Process (C-ID AJ 122)
- Criminal Court Processes & Procedures (Raber) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Principles and Procedures of the Justice System (Alvarez, 2018) (CC BY)
Legal Aspects of Evidence (C-ID AJ 124)
Criminal Investigation (C-ID AJ 140)
- Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Processes, Practice and Thinking (Gehl & Plecas, 2019) (CC BY-NC)
- Criminal Investigations (Cartwright, 2021) (CC BY)
Introduction to Forensics (C-ID AJ 150)
- No resources identified.
Community & the Justice System (C-ID AJ 160)
Introduction to Corrections (C-ID AJ 200)
Juvenile Procedures (C-ID AJ 220)
- No resources identified.
List “C” – Choose any two of the following courses:
Introduction to Sociology (C-ID SOCI 110)
- Introduction to Sociology 3e (OpenStax) (CC BY)
- Sociology (Barkan) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Sociology (Boundless) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Sociology (Hammond and Cheney) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Introduction to Sociology (College of the Canyons) – PDF (CC BY 4.0)
- Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World (Saylor Academy, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Statistics in Sociology (C-ID SOCI 125), or Introduction to Statistics (C-ID MATH 110), or comparable
- OpenIntro Statistics (Diez, Barr, and Cetinkaya-Rundel) (CC BY-SA)
- Statistics Using Technology (Kozak) (CC BY-SA) – Coconino Community College website
- Introductory Statistics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Foundations in Statistical Reasoning (Kaslik) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA-NC)
- Introductory Statistics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Statistics for the Social Sciences (Pelz, Lumen Learning) (License varies)
- PSPP (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introductory Psychology (C-ID PSY 110)
- Introductory Psychology (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Discover Psychology 2.0: A Brief Introductory Text (Diener and Biswas-Diener) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to Psychology (2019) by Jorden A. Cummings & Lee Sanders (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Psychology: The Science of Human Potential by Jeffrey Levy (CC-BY 4.0)
Any CSU transferable Administration of Justice lower division course or courses outside the Administration of Justice discipline that are articulated as lower division major preparation for the Criminal Justice or Criminology Major at any CSU.
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