Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms (Print Source)
Publisher: American Correctional Association
Call
Number: Clear Ref. HV7411.D53 1998
Encyclopedia of
American Crime (Print Source)
Publisher: Facts on File
Call Number: Clear Ref. HV 6789.S54
2001
Encyclopedia of Capital
Punishment in the United States (Print Source)
Publisher: McFarland
Call Number: Clear Ref. HV 8694.P35
2001
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (Print Source)
Publisher: Macmillan
Call Number: Clear Ref. HV 6017.E52
2002
Encyclopedia of Women and Crime (Print
Source)
Publisher: ORYX
Call Number: Clear Ref. HV
6046.E56 2000
World of Criminal Justice (Print Source)
Publisher: Gale
Call Number: Clear Ref. HV
7411.W67 2002
Essays examine major theories, concepts,
programs and individuals relevant to the practice of social work.
Essays are followed by extensive bibliographies
Criminal Justice Information: How to find it, How
to Use It (Print Source)
Publisher: Oryx
Call Number: Clear HV7419.5.C75
1998
Extensive bibliography of sources relevant to
the study of criminal justice. Descriptions of sources provided
including areas of statistics, government agencies and legal research.
Encyclopedia of Sociology
(Print Source)
Publisher: Macmillan
Call Number: Clear Ref. HM 425.E5 2000
Vols. 1-5
Lengthy essays and extensive bibliographies
covering a broad array of historical and contemporary issues in a
variety of areas including education, psychology, political science
and others.
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Indexes,
Abstracts & Full Text Article Databases
Criminal Justice Abstracts
(Online Database) --
Available via CSA
"Provides
comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and
related disciplines, books, and government and nongovernmental agency
reports.
Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections,
juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and
sentencing."
Academic Search Premier (Online Database) --
Available via EBSCOhost
"The world’s largest academic
multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides
full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more
than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles."
Lexis-Nexis
(Online Database) -- Available via
Lexis-Nexis
Provides coverage of national and international news, business, legal and medical
information
include in newspapers, journals and magazines.
SocINDEX with Full-text (Online Database)
--
Available via
EBSCOhost
Provides indexing and abstracts of the literature in sociology and
related disciplines. The database includes
abstracts of journal articles selected from over 2500 journals,
abstracts of conference papers, relevant dissertation listings from Dissertations
Abstracts International and citations of book
reviews, and abstracts of selected sociology books.
Sociological Collection (Online Database --
Available via EBSCOhost
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals,
including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological
Collection offers information in all areas of sociology,
including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction,
relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Sage Criminology Collection (Online
Database) --
Available via CSA
A full text database of 15
journals published by SAGE and participating societies.
The database goes back 20 years
and covers such topics as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency,
Juvenile Justice, Correction, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology,
Family and Domestic Violence. Updated
monthly.
CQ Researcher
(Online Database) --
Available via CQ Researcher
A complete list of electronic indexes, abstracts, and full-text
databases owned by the Lock Haven University Libraries is available:
1) arranged by
university department
and, alternately, 2) arranged
alphabetically by title.
News
Sources
(http://www.lhup.edu/library/research/news.htm)
Provides links to newspaper databases, newspaper subscriptions owned
by LHUP and news sources available on the Internet.
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ATF Online
http://www.atf.treas.gov/stats.htm
Statistics compiled by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Areas covered include crime, victims, law enforcement, federal
justice system, courts, sentencing and special topics.
Corrections.com
http://www.corrections.com/
Crime Statistics Reports on the WWW
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/stats.htm#reports1
Developed by Jon
Harrison of Michigan State University Libraries. Extensive
statistics links to areas such as Courts and Sentencing, Crime
Statistics and Forecasts, Criminal Offender Stats, Victimization
Reports and more.
Department
of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/02organizations/02_1.html
Juvenile
Justice Facts & Statistics - Provides access to the "latest
facts and figures on juvenile justice, delinquency prevention,
and violence and victimization." From the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Juvenile Info Network
http://www.juvenilenet.org/
National Criminal Justice Reference
Service (NCJRS)
http://www.ncjrs.org
Access a wealth of information relating to corrections, crime,
prevention, criminal justice, juvenile justice, statistics and much
more.
Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency
Prevention
Social Issues
& Social Services
http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=55
Developed by librarians for the Michigan Electric Library, this site
contains 38 subject headings and related links to topics on a variety
of interests including crime.
Uniform Crime Reports
of the U.S. (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
University at Albany Criminal Justice Links
http://library.albany.edu/subject/criminal.htm#topics
Links to sites on topics of
capital
punishment,
corrections,
history of criminal justice,
juvenile justice,
law enforcement,
substance
abuse,
victimology and more.
Vera Institute of Justice
http://www.vera.org
White House
Statistics Briefing Room: Crime
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/crime.html
Identifies major
crime reports, provides charts, brief statistics and redirects to
the actual report
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