Open Courses
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Drugs, Politics, and CultureThis class from MIT OpenCourseWare looks "at the relationship between drugs and such phenomena as poverty, religion, technology, inter-generational conflict, colonialism, and global capitalism." It includes an evaluation of America's drug laws.
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Law and SocietyAn MIT OpenCourseWare class examining "the central features of law as a social institution and as a feature of popular culture. We will explore the nature of law as a set of social systems, central actors in the systems, legal reasoning, and the relationship of the legal form and reasoning to social change."
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The Meaning of CrimeA unit from The Open University investigating definitions of crime, the process of going from crime to conviction, and society's views of crimes and criminal justice.
Data Sets
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Census of State and Local Law Agencies(From OER Commons) "This resource provides statistical data pertaining to state and local law enforcement, including: personnel, operating expenditures, 9-1-1 participation, computers and information systems, video cameras, police-public contact, and law enforcement training academies."
e-Textbooks
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Criminal Justice: An OverviewFrom OER Commons
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Criminal LawFrom Saylor Academy
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Ethics in Law EnforcementFrom OER Commons
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Trials in HistoryFrom OER Commons
Simulations
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body
Take a virtual tour of The National Library of Medicine's exhibit on the history of forensic science. Includes cases, photographs, and educational resources.