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.
List “A” – Required Core Courses
Introduction to Criminal Justice (C-ID AJ 110)
- Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (Burke, Carter, Fedorek, Morey, Rutz-Burri, & Sanchez, 2019)
- Introduction to Criminology (Cartwright) – LibreTexts
- Criminal Justice (Lumen Learning)
- Criminal Justice: An Overview of the System (McKee)
- Introduction to Criminal Justice Canvas course (Cartwright)
Concepts of Criminal Law (C-ID AJ 120)
List “B” – Choose any two of the following courses:
Criminal Court Process (C-ID AJ 122)
- Principles and Procedures of the Justice System (Alvarez, 2018)
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (2015)
- Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (2014-2015)
- AJ 122 Criminal Court Processes (Raber)
Legal Aspects of Evidence (C-ID AJ 124)
Criminal Investigation (C-ID AJ 140)
- Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Process, Practice and Thinking (Gehl & Plecas, 2019)
- Criminal Investigations (Cartwright, 2021)
- Criminal Investigations Canvas course (Cartwright)
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 (SOCI 110)
- Introduction to Sociology 2e (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0)
- Introductory Sociology (Pelz, Lumen Learning) (License varies)
- 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 (2016) (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Statistics in Sociology (SOCI 125), or Introduction to Statistics (MATH 110), or comparable
- Introductory Statistics (OpenStax); Introductory Statistics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Statistics for the Social Sciences (Pelz, Lumen Learning) (License varies)
- PSPP (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Free software for statistical analysis
Introductory Psychology (PSY 110)
- Psychology 2e (Spielmen, Jenkins, and Lovett, 2020) (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0); 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: 1st Canadian Edition (Stangor & Walinga) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Includes: Powerpoint Slides and Test Bank
- 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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