Green River LibGuides: OER and Other Free or Low-Cost Resources: Criminal Justice and Law: Corrections

Corrections

Introduction to Corrections
"An Open Educational Resources Publication by Taft College" (CA)
Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System
From Open Textbook Library.
Criminal Justice: An Overview of the System
"This text is designed as a first course in criminal justice. It covers police, courts, and corrections, integrating the juvenile justice system." Includes slide presentations, vocabulary guides, and more. By Adam J. McKee.
Principles and Procedures of the Justice System
By Larry Alvarez, College of the Canyons (CA)
Community and the Justice System
An open textbook, from Taft College (CA)

National Institute of Corrections Library
Ebooks for loan. Registration required.
Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform
"Joseph F. Spillane examines the failure of progressive reform in New York State by focusing on Coxsackie, a New Deal reformatory built for young male offenders. Opened in 1935 to serve 'adolescents adrift,' Coxsackie instead became an unstable and brutalizing prison."

Fundamental Cases in Criminal Justice
"This text provides edited and abridged cases that are intended to be easy to read and provide lower division students with a gentle introduction to key legal concepts that define the workings of our criminal justice system." By Adam J. McKee.

National Institute of Corrections
Webinars, tutorials, statistics, etc.
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
57 learning objects, including many in forensics -- e.g.: Collecting Biological Evidence, Dusting for Fingerprints, Spatter Drop Dynamics on Impact, DNA Collection Methods, etc. From WiscOnline.
Criminal Profiling
"What is criminal profiling? What do profilers do? Does profiling work?" 12-minute video.
US Dept. of Justice: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Fostering Innovation in Community and Institutional Corrections: Identifying High-Priority Technology and Other Needs for the U.S. Corrections Sector
Published by the RAND Corp.
Solitary Nation
This two-part PBS Frontline program "takes you to the epicenter of the raging debate about prison reform. Solitary Nation brings you an up-close, graphic look at a solitary confinement unit in Maine’s maximum security prison."
State of Recidivism: The Revolving Door of America’s Prisons: State by State
From the Pew Center on the States.
MERLOT Criminal Justice Community Portal
An "educational resource for teaching and learning."