Criminal Justice Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT Criminal Justice Portal, 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.
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Paul Bowdre, Editor - Criminal Justice Editorial Board
Showcase
This is a game based on a TV show "The First 48". The true life show follows detectives from the first call to a murder scene through the first 48 hours. This game allows the user to examine finger prints, process a crime scene, and interview suspects and family among other things.
New Materials
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Criminal Law: An Integrated Approach
Criminal Law: An Integrated Approach is a new textbook designed for a first-year law school course in criminal law. Its...
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A Resources List for Terrorism Research: Journals, Websites, Bibliographies (2022 Edition)
This resources list aims to provide the Terrorism Research community with an entry point to important resources in the...
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Bibliography: Accelerationism
This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, grey literature,...
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Bibliography: Terrorism Research Literature (Part 4)
This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, and grey literature on the...
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Life Course Criminality - CJUS 5585
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Active Bystander Intervention: Training and Facilitation Guide
A workshop and facilitation guide to support B.C. post-secondary institutions to prevent and respond to sexual violence...
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Lady (In)Justice
Power Point presentation to present in tandem with lesson plan and classroom activity
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Bibliography: The Kurds and Security in the Middle East
This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, grey literature,...
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South of the Border: Legal and Privacy Underpinnings of Canadian and U.S. Approaches to Police Video Usage - Homeland Security Affairs
This article utilizes modern privacy theory to examine the differing approaches of Canadian and U.S. law enforcement to...
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Steve Recca reflects on the impact of Chris Bellavita’s 2008 HSAJ article, “Changing Homeland Security: What is Homeland Security.” - Homeland Security Affairs
Steve Recca reflects on the impact of Chris Bellavita’s 2008 Homeland Security Affairs Journal article, “Changing...
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Validating Deterrence Models for Scanning Technologies - Homeland Security Affairs
The use of scanning systems (e.g., radiation portal monitors and X-ray imagers) at border checkpoints is said to act as a...
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Mitigation Saves? High Discount Rates Undermine FEMA’s Efforts to Promote National Resilience - Homeland Security Affairs
This essay briefly introduces FEMA’s hazard mitigation assistance programs, cost-effectiveness, benefit-cost analysis,...
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Comparative Analysis of CT/CVE Policies: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, and North Macedonia - Homeland Security Affairs
This paper reports on a comparative analysis of five countries’ CT/CVE policies– USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, and...
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3D technology aiding in the identification with discovered bodies in Canada
As of 2015, 204 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) remained unsolved in Canada, making it a...
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How exposing anonymous companies could cut down on crime
Companies are artificial entities created to allow real people to do business. But, unfortunately, there are some types...
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Fair Shake Reentry Resource Center
Welcome to Fair Shake, a reentry virtual community center where we can all learn how to fix our broken system together....
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Death Penalty - Pros & Cons from the ProCon.org Website
The pros and cons of the death penalty debate include aguments for and against life imprisonment, crime deterrence, and...
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Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law
This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current state of modern American criminal justice,...
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Mass Incarceration in the United States
This course covers the current state of incarceration in the United States and proposals for reform. Class materials...
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Manifest Madness: Mental Incapacity in the Criminal Law
Whether it is a question of the age below which a child cannot be held liable for their actions, or the attribution of...
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Explaining Criminal Careers: Implications for Justice Policy
Explaining Criminal Careers presents a simple quantitative theory of crime, conviction and reconviction, the assumptions...
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Forensic Toxicology
Take a virtual tour from fundamental toxicology through laboratory demonstrations to court cases that focus on analysis,...
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Ethics in Law Enforcement
In this book, you will examine the moral and ethical issues that exist within law enforcement. This book will also...
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Writing in Community and Justice Services
This textbook was created by the students of ENG1126: Communication Skills for Justice Students in the program of...
New Members
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Mary SmartHome
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Brandi ThomasCentral State University
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Meya HargettAntelope Valley College
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Robert WeddleEvangel University
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Elizabeth MatoryGlenville State College
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Wendy KoslickiBall State University
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Christopher PalmoreCalifornia State University, East Bay
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James Cardenasrashel
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Sanjina KshetriNepal Law Campus
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Daniel PackMywifiext login setup
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lisatp ollocksollocks
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Shannon CrowderTrine University
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Tracy NortonLSU Herbert Law Center
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Tamara McDiarmidLansing Community/Technical College
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Rebekah BeckTulsa Community College
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Babette RobinsonSaint Augustine's College
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Cierra PurcellOklahoma Panhandle State University
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Yuri LewisYuri Lewis
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Jennifer NobleCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Luchetu LikakaAfrica Nazarene University
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Nicole DalyVillanova University
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ISMAEL MUSTAPHA BELTRANAutoaprendizaje
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Misty LaddUniversity of Arkansas System - Little Rock
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Gwynne' CarterSynergis Education
Materials by Discipline
- Corrections (47)
- Courts (16)
- Crime and Communities (20)
- Crime (68)
- Drugs (14)
- Forensics (116)
- Intelligence (40)
- Justice System (50)
- Juvenile Justice (17)
- Law & Society (73)
- Law Enforcement (91)
- Victims (20)
Professional Organizations
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- American Correctional Association
- American Jail Association
- American Probation and Parole Association
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- International Association for Intelligence Education
- Midwest Criminal Justice Association
- National Criminal Justice Association
- Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
- Southern Criminal Justice Association
- Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice
- International Association for Intelligence Education
Journals & Publications
- Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice
- British Journal of Criminology
- Corrections Today
- Evidence Technology Magazine
- FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
- Federal Probation Journal
- Homeland Security Affairs
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Journal of Homeland Security Education
- Journal of National Security Law and Policy
- Perspectives on Terrorism
- Police Chief Magazine
- The Open Criminology Journal
- Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice on the Web
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US judge won't yet approve Deutsche Bank $75 million settlement with Epstein accusers
Jun 02, 2023 03:55 AM PDT
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Marijuana Reform Must Include Criminal Justice Provisions, Schumer Says
Jun 02, 2023 03:43 AM PDT
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US-based Vincentian making strides in the field of Criminal Justice - Searchlight
Jun 02, 2023 03:18 AM PDT
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Texas will try new facilities, more transfers to address youth prison crisis
Jun 02, 2023 03:11 AM PDT
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Claiming 'retaliation,' head of CPD reform resigns - Chicago Tribune
Jun 02, 2023 01:09 AM PDT
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Clean Slate, even for murderers, is Albany's latest 'reform' idiocy - New York Post
Jun 02, 2023 12:32 AM PDT
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Andrea Stewart-Cousins on State Policies, Criminal Justice | Season 2023 - PBS
Jun 01, 2023 11:36 PM PDT
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NJ has 29 cases of intimate partner homicide annually, on average | NJ Spotlight News
Jun 01, 2023 11:27 PM PDT
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One Class at a Time: La Pine HS students love their criminal law class - KTVZ
Jun 01, 2023 10:06 PM PDT
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Former SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin lands new role at UC Berkeley law school
Jun 01, 2023 07:05 PM PDT
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Lower satisfaction with Hawaiʻi Island police contradicts experiences
Jun 01, 2023 06:59 PM PDT
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After Danny Masterson rape conviction, Scientologists claim trial inflamed "bigotry" against church
Jun 01, 2023 06:26 PM PDT
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Victims Speak Out as Santa Rosa Child Molester Sentenced to Life in Prison
Jun 01, 2023 05:57 PM PDT
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Louisiana legislator proposes examination of increase in crime and effectiveness of ... - Bollyinside
Jun 01, 2023 05:41 PM PDT
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Former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Takes on New Role - NBC Bay Area
Jun 01, 2023 05:28 PM PDT
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Former GOP candidate, face federal charges for shootings of homes of prominent Dems
Jun 01, 2023 05:19 PM PDT
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Local, state officials take "hard look" at Memphis criminal justice system
Jun 01, 2023 05:08 PM PDT
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Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams and Criminal Justice Chair Carlina Rivera on the ...
Jun 01, 2023 04:58 PM PDT
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Philadelphia joins cities across the nation in honoring Gun Violence Awareness Month
Jun 01, 2023 04:51 PM PDT