http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Mon, 20 May 2013 02:24:53 PDT Mon, 20 May 2013 02:24:53 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=443993 This module critically evaluates contemporary understandings of crimes of violence. This unit will provide an understanding of the theoretical perspectives, definitions and understandings of the concept of violence. The unit will seek to assist students’ exploration of current attitudes towards violence within contemporary society. It will enable students to extend their understanding of criminological perspectives to the issue of violence particularly to specific groups and locations within society. Is violence always interpersonal? What are the relationships between the offender, the victim, society and the state? Is crime necessary for social progress? Do we as a society sometimes benefit from violence?This resource has been created within the Open Educational Resources project "Evaluating the Practice of Opening up Resources for Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences" [C-SAP OER], undertaken by the Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics based at University of Birmingham, for further information see here: http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/subject_areas/elearning/oer/default.htm. The project is part of UK-wide Open Educational Resources programme [UKOER]. Within the programme, JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) and the Higher Education Academy are collaborating on the with the aim of enabling higher education institutions, consortia and individuals to share learning materials freely online. The programme supports universities and colleges in exploring processes and policies, intellectual property rights, cultural issues, technical requirements and data management issues. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87101 This site is a section of a larger course that provides an overview of crime data through lecture notes. There are links to other resources as well as a reference list. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87500 This site contains a lecture that is part of a Criminal Law course. This particular lecture concerns crimes against habitation. Information provided concerns common-law elements of burglary, modern burglary law, arson law, and malicious mischief. There are also links to several other resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=298039 The Global Incident Map is a free website created to give the general public, law enforcement, military, educators and students a way to visualize and become quickly aware of of terrorism and security-related incidents around the world. The map was conceived and designed by Morgan Clements who is the publisher of the website, www.TerroristWarning.com. The map shows terrorist and security-related incidents which are broken into 20 different categories such as airport/aviation incidents, chemical incidents, food/product tampering, oil gas infrastructure, and terrorist arrests/captured/killed. The information provided by the map is current and is updated every 310 seconds. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87103 This site is a section of lecture notes for an introductory course in criminal justices. These notes pertain to the laws on crime. The requirements for a crime as well as pertinent laws are discussed and links are provided to other resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85577 This site contains lecture notes for a course on International Crime. There are 15 weeks worth of lecture notes, many with links for further explanation and information. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87153 This site contains lecture notes that are part of course on Terrorism. This section looks at relevant theory such as religion, anarchims, fascism, rational choice, globalization, sociological and psychological, and biological. Ther are also links to other resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87144 This site contains lecture notes that are part of an introductory criminal justice course. This section discusses the war on organized crime, the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, and the war on guns. It also contains links to outside resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87262 This document provides background on hate crimes and the procedures for reporting them. There are three learning modules which contain objectives, exercises and course outlines.