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Criminal Justice

Reference

  ... Why reference?

On the shelf
   
  Getting started with overviews, background information:
  * Encyclopedia of Sociology (Ref HM425 E5) 5 vol.
    Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution (Ref HM136 B783)
    Aggression and conflict : a cross-cultural encyclopedia (Ref HM136 L46)
    Violence in America (Ref HN90 .V5) 3 vol.
    Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice (Ref HV6017 .E52) 4 vol.
    Gangs : a reference handbook (Ref HV6439 .V7)
    Dictionary of American Criminal Justice (Ref HV7411 C53)
    Encyclopedia of Police Science (Ref HV7901 E53)
    Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment (Ref HV8694 .G76)
    Encyclopedia of American Prisons (Ref HV9471 .E76
     
  Statistics
    Crime in the United States (Ref HV6787 A3) annual
    Statistical Abstract of the United States (Ref HA202) annual
     
Online
  National Criminal Justice Reference Service Thesaurus
    Findlaw - (search court cases)
    Bureau of Justice Statistics
     
Journal Article Indexes ... What's this?

    Academic Search Premier
This index is a general coverage index but includes journals covering criminal justice. Many articles are available in full-text, but for those that are not, you can request via interlibrary loan.
   

NCJRS Database Search
CJRS hosts one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world, the NCJRS Abstracts Database. The collection, with holdings from the early 1970s to the present, contains more than 185,000 publications, reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the United States and around the world. These resources include statistics, research findings, program descriptions, congressional hearing transcripts, and training materials.

    ...more indexes
     
Journals
Alphabetical list of current journals at Colman Library. Current issues are on the main floor; issues older than 6 months will be found on the lower floor.
     
Books
If you're browsing the shelves, most books in criminal justice have call numbers beginning with HV.
    NIC
Books at Colman Library
    WorldCat
Locate books available elsewhere and request via interlibrary loan
     
Internet Resources
    LII Criminal Justice links
     
     

 

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