Subject Guide : Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)

The criminology database from SAGE Publications, contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Dissertations and theses available.

Criminology (SAGE)

Covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.

ProQuest Social Science Journals (ProQuest)

Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences. 570 journals, 370 Full Text. Coverage 1971 to Present

Salem Science (Salem Press)

A comprehensive reference source on the theory, techniques, and applications of the various forensic sciences.

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Academic (LexisNexis)

Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options and resources often not indexed elsewhere. 1980-Present

Academic OneFile (Gale)

A source for peer-reviewed full-text articles from world's leading journals and reference sources. Over 13,000 indexed journals, more than 6,500 full text. Full Text Coverage of the New York Times from 1995 – current. Total coverage 1980 – current

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 7,300 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage: 1887-

JSTOR (JSTOR)

The JSTOR Archive Collections provide complete digitized runs for hundreds of journals in more than 50 academic disciplines. For most journals in the JSTOR archive there is a “moving wall” embargo (typically five years, but sometimes longer or shorter) on current access.

Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)

Points of View Reference Center contains many topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). For each topic, this database also offers a Guide to Critical Analysis, which helps the reader evaluate the controversial topics. Providing a balance of materials from all viewpoints, includes over 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. The database also offers guides for writing position papers, developing arguments and debating.

ProQuest Congressional (ProQuest)

Retrieve congressional materials and legislative histories by searching abstracts, titles, indexing information and other bibliographic data. For any topic dealing with policy issues, this database is a must. Newspapers indexed are The Hill, Rollcall, and Washington Post

ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)

Over 5000 titles and 3,500 Full Text titles. Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Coverage: 1971 - present

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Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)

Coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. Dissertations and theses available. Coverage: 1965-

WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Funding for WorldCat is provided by the Rochester Regional Library Council through a grant from the New York State Education Department. Dissertations and theses available.

Where can I find the books for Criminal Justice?

Criminal Justice covers so many areas that you will have to determine the aspect of criminal justice you are studying to quickly locate books.

KF= Law

BF = Psychology

HM, HN, HV = Criminal Justice

HQ = Social Problems

HV = Child Abuse

QD = Chemistry

QH = Biology

QM = Anatomy

RC = Psychiatric Science

Where can I find background or quick facts about Criminal Justice?

The American Dictionary of Criminal Justice
Ref HV7411.C48 2001
The Encyclopedia of Violence: Origins, Attitude, Consequences
Ref HM 291.D4857 1993
The Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice Ref HV6017.E52 2002
Criminal Justice Ref KF9214.C57 2006

Spotlight on Websites:

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) http://www.ncjrs.gov - This database complements and supplements the subscription databases for Criminal Justice. A must use site for anyone interested in any aspect of the Criminal Justice system.

FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov

Criminal Justice Statistics for New York State http://criminaljustice.ny.gov
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