Open access (OA) refers to freely available, digital, online information. Open access scholarly literature is free of charge and often carries less restrictive copyright and licensing barriers than traditionally published works, for both the users and the authors.
While OA is a newer form of scholarly publishing, many OA journals comply with well-established peer-review processes and maintain high publishing standards. For more information, see Peter Suber's overview of Open Access: http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm.
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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
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MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services.
This resource provides textbooks on law and justice studies.
OER Commons provides a curated collection of textbooks and resources for ethics and law subjects.
A collection of non-fiction books written about crime.
Project Gutenberg's list of United States Law books.
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.
Films For Action is a community-powered learning library for people who want to change the world. Films For Action has cataloged over 1,500 of the best films and videos that can be watched free online. These films address social, environmental, and media-related issues.
Frontline is a public affairs series from PBS and includes many videos on criminal justice that are freely available online.
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946.
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
A companion web site for the Frontline PBS program. Includes facts and statistics, a review of the "adult vs. child" debate, and four case studies (with video clips).
The Open Data Institute works with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem, where people can make better decisions using data and manage its harmful impacts.
An extensive slide show and information about this classic psychology experiment, including parallels with the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
A college-level textbook covering data basics, probability (optional), distributions, inference for means and proportions, and regression, including multiple and the basics of logistic regression.
The U.S. Department of State advances the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity, by leading America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.
The MERLOT Criminal Justice Portal is an educational resource for teaching and learning. Use this portal to discover online learning materials, MERLOT members, journals, professional organizations, and news in your discipline.