Principles and Procedures of the Justice System (Alvarez, 2018) – LibreTexts (CC BY) Summary: Comprehensive textbook that covers the limitations on government during the police and courts process.
Author: Selena Silva-Ortega
Summary: Comprehensive criminal law textbook that covers an overview of where criminal law comes from, as well as element of specific crimes. It goes over criminal law at a general level, so it is recommended to pair with the Penal Code of California.Note: The version by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Services is unpublished …
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Summary: This introductory textbook covers all of the basics of the criminal justice system (police, courts, corrections) and goes above and beyond by covering the role of media in crime and criminal justice system misrepresentations. It also gives entire dedicated chapters to crime policy and criminological theory.
This textbook was designed especially for Reedley College Criminology students. It provides an overview of the three components of the Criminal Justice System: Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections. There are four types of interactive features in this book to help students engage with the various concepts and procedures behind criminology.
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Digging into Archaeology: A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities (Wolcott Paskey and Beasley Cisneros, 2020) – PDF (CC BY-NC) Multi-authored, peer-reviewed, accessible chapters. 16 chapters focus on essential topics in introductory archaeology courses (emphasis on theory and methods). Each chapter includes: learning objectives, terms list, review questions, one or more activities (activities include: short …
Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (Zunner-Keating and Avetyan, 2020) – Pressbooks (CC BY 4.0) Includes Soundcloud recordings of each chapter, links to primary sources and articles, and eleven chapters covering topics typically included in an introductory course on anthropology of magic, witchcraft, and religion, including: theoretical approaches, witchcraft, …
This OER is a multi-authored, peer reviewed textbook for undergraduate lower-level introductory archaeology courses. It is nearing completion and currently being beta-tested.
A comprehensive, multi-authored, peer-reviewed OER textbook for introduction to cultural anthropology courses. Includes chapters on all topics typically covered in an introductory course and chapters that explore specialized topics. Includes ancillaries, including lecture slides, instructor manual, and test bank.
An introductory textbook for cultural anthropology organized by three major topics: Anthropology & Culture; Social Institutions; Globalization, Modernization, & Development