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Sources in Criminal Justice A collection of
resources for criminal justice research.
General
World Wide Web sites
Reference Resources
Statistics
Indexes and Abstracts
Selected Sources in Sociology
General
World Wide Web sites:
Academy
of Criminal Justice Sciences
This site provides information on this international
organization whose activities focus on criminal justice,
education, research and policy analysis. Links are
included to other criminal justice sites and resources.
http://www.acjs.org/
American
Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network
This web page is a subset of the ACLU's home
page. It provides information and links on many
different criminal justice topics.
http://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal/hmcj.html
American
Criminal Justice Association
The official web site for this association, it
provides many useful links to other web resources that cover
criminal justice topics.
http://www.acjalae.org/
Criminal
Justice Links
An excellent web site created by Cecil Geek at Florida
State University. It provides links to quality criminal
justice resources on the WWW.
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cj.html
Criminal
Justice Resources
This is another site which collects links to many
different subject areas in criminal justice. Created by
a librarian at Michigan State University, it provides links
grouped by topic. Many of the links also include
annotations of the sites.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/crimjust.htm
CrimeLynx
Created by an attorney to provide links to resources
for criminal defense practitioners as well as criminal justice
professionals and the community. Claiming to find
"the best, not the most of the web", it provides
resources covering areas such as forensics, media,
politics, and policy.
http://www.crimelynx.com/
Cybrary
Referred to as a directory for criminal justice
professionals and students, this site was created by Dr. Frank
Schmalleger, the director of the Justice Research Association.
It provides links to many different Criminal Justice resources
on the Web.
http://www.cybrary.info/
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Information on the agency in addition to other criminal
justice information, including Crime in the
United States (see Statistical Sources
below).
http://www.fbi.gov/
Federal
Bureau of Prisons
Information on prisons and prisoners, penology, and
resources that affect these topics, including statistics.
http://www.bop.gov/
Justice
Research and Statistics Association
"JRSA is a national organization of state Statistical Analysis Center directors as well as
analysts, researchers, and practitioners throughout the justice system."
It provides information on activities and research,
publications, and resources available on the WWW.
http://www.jrsainfo.org/
Metropolitan
Police Service
This is the home page for the Metropolitan Police
Service, New Scotland Yard, England.
http://www.met.police.uk/
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service--Justice Information Center
A collection of clearinghouses for various government
agencies. It includes many criminal justice resources
which provide statistics and other information
resources. It also acts as a database to abstracts of
government reports...click on the "Abstracts
Database" link.
http://www.ncjrs.org/
Statistical
Abstracts
Provides access to many of the tables available in the Statistical
Abstracts of the United States. For the complete collection of tables included
in the Statistical Abstracts, find StatUSA on the UST Libraries Online Databases page.
http://www.census.gov:80/stat_abstract/
360degrees:
Perspectives on the US Criminal Justice System
This web site was created by Picture Projects with
support from several non-profit organizations, including
National Public Radio. It provides documentaries,
statistics and education resources on the U.S. criminal
justice system created by journalists, scholars,
statisticians, activists, ex-offenders, students, educators,
artists, and programmers.
http://www.360degrees.org/
United
Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
This web site provides links to crime
and justice organizations worldwide which then provide
information on that region/city/country.
http://www.odccp.org/odccp/uncjin.html
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
Information on the department including research and
technology, threats and protection, and the latest
"threat level".
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/
U.S.
Department of Justice
Information on the organization, its
publications, and assistance on numerous topics. Their Bureau
of Justice Statistics provides statistical
resources on criminal justice topics.
http://www.usdoj.gov/
U.S.
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms
The main page for the bureau, it provides information
on the organization, its publications, and links to related
sites.
http://www.atf.treas.gov/
U.S.
Justice
Fund, Open Society Institute
This site includes information on community activism
and advocacy and it focuses on violent crime. It
evaluates the sites to which it provides links, so only what
they consider are the best resources are identified.
http://www.soros.org/crime/index.html
World
Criminal Justice Library Network
This is a treasure trove of resources in criminal
justice. It includes general Web site links, online
reference sources, links to bibliographies of resources on a
variety of criminal justice topics, and statistical sources.
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~wcjlen/WCJ/
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Reference Resources Available in UST Libraries:
General Reference Resources:
CRIME AND THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM IN AMERICA: An Encyclopedia. 1997.
(REF HV 6789 .C6884 1997)
A one-volume resource to define terms, cases, figures,
policies, studies, etc. in the criminal justice field.
DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN
PENOLOGY. 1996. (REF HV 9304 .W54 1996)
An in-depth dictionary covering the American prison
systems. Articles are more lengthy than a normal
dictionary reference, and they include a few references at the
end of each article.
DICTIONARY OF CRIME: CRIMINAL JUSTICE,
CRIMINOLOGY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 1992.
(REF HV 6017 .E5425 1992)
Definitions of criminal justice terms along with sources from which the definitions were
identified.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN
PRISONS. 1996. (REF HV 9471 .E425 1996)
An encyclopedia which covers the history and current
operations of the American prison systems.
Cross-references are included to similar topics and each
article includes a list of resources for further reading.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIME AND JUSTICE.
2002. (REF HV 6017 .E52 2002)
A four-volume, interdisciplinary encyclopedia covering all fields relating to criminal
behavior, crime prevention, punishment and treatment of offenders, institutions, and law.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT. 2002. (HV 6017 .E524 2002)
Also, four volumes, this publication attempts to bring
together information from a variety of sources on crime and
punishment in America and it's affects on the populace.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
CRIMINOLOGY AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. 4 vols.
2001. (REF HV 6017 .E53 2001)
Volume 1 includes historical, conceptual and theoretical
issues, Volume 2 covers crime and juvenile delinquency, Volume
3 review sexual deviance, and Volume 4 covers self-destructive
behavior and disvalued identity. Use the excellent
author and subject indexes found in Volume 4 to find the
specific information that you need. This is an excellent
encyclopedia and each article includes an extensive
bibliography.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLICE
SCIENCE. 2d ed. 1995. (REF HV 7901
.E53 1995)
In-depth articles on policing in the United States.
Articles are written by experts and scholars in the field and
include lengthy bibliographies. An additional
"Bibliography of Police History" is included as well
as a general subject index to specific topics.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIOLOGY.
2000. 5 vols. (REF HM 425 .E5 2000)
The major basic, in-depth encyclopedia covering the field of sociology. Articles are
signed and include a list of references on each topic.
THE FBI: A
Comprehensive Reference Guide. 1999. (REF
HV 8144 .F43 F35 1999)
A good overview of the organization including "Notable
Cases", "Controversies and Issues",
"Traditions and Culture", "Oversight and
Liaison Relationships", "Organization and Day-to-Day
Activities", "Biographies", and "The FBI
in American Popular Culture". It includes a
chronology of key events, an annotated bibliography, and a
detailed index to specific subject terms.
The
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral
Sciences.
2001. 26 vols. (REF H 41 .I58 2001)
A major encyclopedia in the field. Each in-depth
article is signed and includes cross-references and a
bibliography of resources. Volume 25 is an index to
names in the publication, and volume 26 is a subject index to
the set.
WRITING LITERATURE REVIEWS: a guide for
students of the social and behavioral sciences. (REF H 61.8 .G3 1999)
A basic help guide for the social science students.
OTHER SPECIALIZED DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS,
DIRECTORIES, GUIDES, AND HANDBOOKS:
- Atlas of Crime: Mapping the criminal
landscape. (REF HV 6783 .A85 2000)
- Criminal Justice Information: how to find
it, how to use it. (REF HV 7419.5 .C75
1998)
- Criminal Justice Research in Libraries, and on
the Internet. (REF HV 7419 .N45 1997)
-
Directory
of adult
and
juvenile
correctional
departments,
institutions,
agencies,
and
probation
and
parole
authorities. (REF HV 9463 .D57
2002)
- Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United
States. (REF HV 8694 .P35 2001)
- Encyclopedia of Death and Dying. (REF HQ 1073 .E543
2001)
- Encyclopedia of Urban America. (REF HT 123 .E5
1998)
- Encyclopedia of Urban Culture.
(REF HT 108.5 .E53 2002)
- Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict.
(REF JZ 5533 .E53 1999)
- Encyclopedia of Women and Crime.
(REF HV 6046 .E56 2000)
STATISTICAL SOURCES:
Some of these titles are
available both in print and on the Web. Links to the Web
sites are provided below. For additional statistical
sources in sociology, go to the Selected
Sources in Sociology - Statistics site:
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Indexes and Abstracts Available
in the UST Libraries:
The following indexes and abstracts are available in
print format in the UST Reference Collection.
- American Statistics Index.
1986- (REF HQ 1 .A45)
- Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography.
1973-2001. (REF HQ 750 .A1 C47)
- Sage Family Studies Abstracts.
1981-
(REF HQ 546 .S23)
- Statistical Reference Index. 1982-
(REF HA 215 .S77)
The following indexes and abstracts are available in
electronic format. Access is available from the UST Libraries Library
Databases
and
Indexes
page:
Criminal
Justice Journals
available in the UST Libraries:
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Last Updated on March 5,
2003/ JO
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