Criminal Justice

Revised by K. Townsend, 2008

Databases & Indexes

Provides full-text access to major criminal justice journals and abstract information for nearly 150 additional titles.

Provides comprehensive coverage of major journals in criminology and related disciplines as well as books, research reports, and government documents.   Each abstract describes the article's major findings and theoretical and practical implications.   It should be noted that the editors advise using the online version, since it contains many thousands of abstracts that were never published in the print edition.

Criminology: A SAGE Full-text Collection

Covers such subjects as criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence. The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) and full-text.

CQ Homeland Security

Congressional Quarterly reporters provide real-time daily news and analysis on the latest homeland security spending and policy issues, incorporates legislative tracking to follow homeland security legislation through bill language, committee reports, transcripts, testimony, and the Federal Register.

A bibliographic file of annotated citations from the collection of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.   NCJRS is an international clearinghouse of information about criminal justice and law enforcement sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.   About half the material is from government documents and reports, while a third represents journal articles.   Poynter Library has the full-text microfiche collection (up to 1989 only) to many of the items in the NCJRS index.

Websites:

Florida Information

• Florida Dept. of Corrections: Publications and Statistics
• Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement: Crime Analysis and Statistics

United States Information

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Federal Bureau of Investigation: Criminal Justice Information Services Division
• Federal Bureau of Investigation: Uniform Crime Reports
• Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC)
• Justice Research and Statistics Association
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
• Institute for Law and Justice
• United States Department of Justice
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

International Information

• Criminal Justice Resources for The United Kingdom
• International Victimology Website
• Interpol
• National Institute of Justice International Center
• Overseas Security Advisory Council
• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
• United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime
• World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems

Selected Periodicals

Finding Books (USF Libraries Catalog):

Books on this on this topic can be found through the USF Libraries Catalog. Because the Subject Keywords “Criminal Justice” is so broad, it is advisable to narrow your search to more specific areas such as: crime, deviant behavior, drugs, gangs, juvenile justice, organized crime, prevention, prisons, punishment, rape, etc. Most of these titles are located on the third floor of the library under the base classification numbers HV (for criminology topics) or KF (for United State criminal law topics).

Reference Books:

More than 5,000 terms, concepts, and names, as well as over 125 new U.S. Supreme Court cases.

“Provides an array of crime and law information statistics: crime numbers, rates and trends; prison statistics and corrections data; law enforcement personnel and finance; juvenile crime and delinquency; drugs and alcohol, arrests and crime clearances.”

“Designed to cover the most important aspects of criminal justice in the US, from individual types of crimes through broad issues of law enforcement, prosecution, and punishment.” Entries include list of sources for further readings.

Presents employment opportunities with 160 career options.

Provides detailed information on where and how to access criminal records, employer and vendor compliance guidelines, and practical information on privacy and how to obtain criminal records.

Presents all state and federal government statutes that address the forensic use of DNA analysis, and the edited text of judicial case opinions that address specific forensic DNA issues.

“A to Z source for information on the legal, social, and political history and present status of capital punishment” in the United States and throughout the world. Includes an entry for every Supreme Court capital punishment decision since the nation’s birth and summaries for death penalty laws by jurisdictions.

Provides comprehensive discussion on the many roles DNA plays in the US judicial system. Organized in A to Z format with the bibliography and index at the end of the encyclopedia.

A to Z listing of entries, each including extensive bibliography of sources for further readings.

Essays written by experts; each including a bibliography for further reading. The 3rd volume of the set includes a glossary of terms, a filmography, primary source documents (key legal documents and important judicial decisions) and a subject index.

Encyclopedia of short entries on organized crime and crime fighting throughout the world. Each entry includes references.

Covers historical and contemporary theories, concepts, and real-world practices of juvenile justice in the U.S.

An examination of all facets of state and local, federal and national, and international law enforcement.

Nearly 400 entries, listed alphabetically, but cross reference according to 12 themes -- prison architecture; theories of punishment; prison reform; juvenile justice; staff; treatment programs; privatization; labor, race gender, and class; sentencing policy and laws; and security and classification.

Brief essays listed alphabetically, each including a list of suggested readings. Also includes a chronology of selected rape-related events, and resource guide.

A-Z listing of essays on terms, terrorists, and terrorism. Each entries includes a list of suggested resources. The appendixes include maps of terrorist activity throughout the world, a detailed chronology of terrorist attacks in the US and on US interests abroad, and an extensive bibliography arranged by websites, summary sources, primary documents, and regions of the world.

Includes information about a variety of white-collar crimes, and provides examples of persons, statutes, companies, and convictions.

Offers a concise, informative definition of the basic terms, concepts, practices, tools,
applications, and cases.

Covers all aspects of the issue: gun violence, gun control, government legislation, court decisions, gun organizations (both pros and anti-control), gun owners, gun subcultures and attitudes toward guns.

Provides an overview hate crimes with detailed chronology, biographical information, primary source documents and reports, and directory of organizations.

Textbook of legal terminology organized according to the context used in legal profession. Includes chapters on Criminal Law and Criminal Procedures.

Provides an overview of controversial legal topics in the US; presented in a chart format to enable state-by-state comparisons of current a state laws.