Criminal
Justice Subject Guide
This subject guide
covers criminal justice resources available at the Johnston Memorial
Library, including full-text journals, magazine, and newspaper articles,
criminal justice websites, and printed materials in the Reference
Collection. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a
selective list of materials that are most useful for locating information
in this field. Library location and call number are provided for
print publications.
Full-Text
Databases
- Factiva
Provides financial, historical, and product information for publicly
traded companies worldwide, full-text magazine and journal articles,
and current and historical stock quotes.
- InfoTrac OneFile
Indexes magazines
and journals covering subjects from the arts and the humanities to social
sciences, and science and technology.
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
Provides access to
a wide range of domestic and international news, business, and legal
information sources, including legislative, government, company, financial
and demographic information, market research, and industry reports.
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Journal
Indexes and Abstracts
- Criminal
Justice Abstracts Offers in-depth abstracts of scholarly criminology
and criminal justice literature with coverage of journals, books,
reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and
related disciplines.
- National
Criminal Justice Abstracts Database
Provides summaries
of criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and Local
government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished
research. To search the National Criminal Justice Research Service collection
of 7,000+ full-text publications, go to the NCJRS
Virtual Library.
- PAIS International
Contains abstracts
of journal articles, books, statistical yearbooks, directories, conference
proceedings, research reports and government documents. Topics covered
include criminal justice, economic, political and social issues, business,
finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration,
and much more.
- PsychINFO
Provides indexing
and abstracting of psychology and related social and behavioral sciences
journals.
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Statistical
Sources
- Bureau
of Justice Statistics
Primary source for
United States criminal justice statistics. Provides statistical reports
on many aspects of crime and criminal justice, including capital punishment,
prisons, drunk driving, probation, police departments, and victims of
crime.
- Center for Disease Control Health
Topic: Violence/Suicide
Provides statistical
data on criminal justice related topics, such as violence and suicide.
- Crime
and Justice Data Online Provides crime trends, homocide trends,
law enforcement management, and administrative statistics from state
and local agencies. Tables can be downloaded as .csv (comma separated
value) files.
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Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety
An international clearinghouse for information in the
area of crime mapping technology. Includes links to downloadable crime
mapping software such as CrimeStats.
- Crime in the United States
Referred to as the
Uniform Crime Report provides crime statistics for the U.S.,
states, regions, counties, cities, and towns. Printed version of publication
available at Reference Desk, First Floor, Call Number: REF J 1.14/7:
- Fedstats
Provides easy access
to a full-range of statistical information. It allows users to search
by keyword. Connects to statistics arranged by broad subject categories
and agency name.
- Justice Research and
Statistics Association Crime and Justice Atlas
Provides a graphical
presentation of trends in crime and sentencing over the last 25 years
for the nation as a whole, and for each of the 50 states and the District
of Columbia individually.
- Social Statistics Briefing Room:
Crime Statistics
Contains statistical
data on violent crime, murder and property rates, drug abuse arrest
violations, and federal correctional populations. Includes links to
Bureau of Justice Statistics and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Contains statistical
data on criminal justice systems, numbers of criminal offenses and reports
of victims of crimes, etc. Printed version of publication available
at Reference Desk, First Floor, Call Number: REF J 29.9/16:
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
Gives selected social,
political, and economic statistics for the United States. Printed version of publication
available at Reference Desk, First Floor, Call Number: REF C 3.134:
- Statistical
Analysis Centers (Justice Research and Statistics Association)
Links to specific
criminal justice-related data sets at the state level.
- Statistical Universe
Allows users to search
American Statistical Index, the latest edition of Statistical
Abstracts of the United States, the Statistical Research Index,
and Index to International Statistics. Includes full-text of
selected U.S. federal and state documents.
- USA Counties
You can then view
U.S. government statistical data on the county. Statistics cover the
following topics: population, vital statistics, education, labor force,
income, federal expenditures, and business.
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Government
Agency & Other Websites
- ACLU:
American Civil Liberties Union
Offers information
on topics such as criminal justice, death penalty, drug policy, police
practices, and prisoner rights.
- Copnet
An online directory
to federal and state law enforcement agencies and international security
and police websites. Includes a listing of crime prevention websites
and other public service information.
- Crime, Law Enforcement, and Prisons:
U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
Contains documents
and information about criminal law and law enforcement, such as statutes,
codes, acts, court decisions and much more.
- Criminal Justice Links (via Florida
State University School of Criminology & Criminal Justice
An online subject
bibliography that directs users to worldwide criminal justice resources
on the web.
- SEARCH
: The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
Offers justice information
and publications for criminal justice community, including justice information
policy analysis publications and links to National Sex Offender Registry
Assistance Program websites.
- United
Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
Documents and publications
from the United Nations Commissions on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice, including links to international organizations and institutes
concerned with criminal justice.
- United
States Department of Justice Homepage
Includes online publications,
press releases, speeches, and statements along with information on fugitives
and missing persons. Links to Department of Justice Components such
as Civil Rights Divisions, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office
of the Attorney General, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, etc.
- United
States Department of Treasury, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
Presents information
about on U.S. federal regulation of alcoholic beverage and firearms,
ATF public use forms, and statistical data.
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Library and Media Services, 15-Feb-03
Louveller M. Luster, Collection Development
Librarian
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