Criminal Justice Subject Guide

Guides to the Field

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Bibliographic guides recommend research and reference materials and may suggest ways of doing research in a discipline. This web page itself is a brief bibliographic guide, but there are more extensive guides as listed below.

Crime and Punishment in America: A Historical Bibliography

Z 5703 .5 U5 C7 1984 (Ref)
This bibliography contains short abstracts of 1,396 articles on crime in America published between 1973 and 1982. Arranged alphabetically by author in broad categories such as "Crimes of Violence," and "Political Crimes and Corruption," with a detailed subject index and author index at the end.

Crime in America: A Reference Handbook

HV 6787 .D87 1996 (Ref)
This handbook is a concise introduction to crime and CJ. It includes twelve biographical sketches, a chronology listing highlights in legislation from 1900 to 1996, a collection of facts and statistics, and some bibliographies.

Criminal Justice Information: How to Find It, How to Use It

HV 7419.5 .C75 1998 (Ref)
A clear, readable guide to the various types and sources of information available, including statistical reports, agency reports, periodicals, government documents, databases and other online information. Includes a directory of related agencies. There is a large directory of World Wide Web sites in categories such as "Community Corrections," and "Death Penalty".

Criminal Justice Resources

This ambitious, annotated CJ guide created by a Michigan State University reference librarian identifies print and web-based sources in categories such as background reading and reference tools. Sources are also given for over 50 important topics (e.g.,"race and CJ", and "bioterrorism").

Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice

HV6024.5 .B32 2008 (Waldo Stacks)
Covers research skills using case studies, and how to use both qualitative as well as quantitative research techniques.

Handbook on Prisons

HV9647 .H38 2007 (Waldo Stacks)
Addresses a variety of current, as well as historical, issues related to prisons.

International Handbook of Criminology

HV6025 .I58 2010 (Waldo Stacks)
This guide includes topics related to crime such as the etiology of crime, historical background, forms of crime and criminal behavior, and responses to crime, as well as crime
issues related to social classes. 

International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime

HV6763 .68 2007 (Waldo Stacks)
Covers a wide array of issues related to white-collar and corporate crime, including policing and legal concerns. Also addresses specific areas such as computer crimes, embezzlement, extortion, or crime in the art world.

Sense and Nonsense about Crime and Drugs: A Policy Guide

HV 9950 .35
This book provides an introduction to important issues in CJ.

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