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Criminal Justice Research Guide

 

 

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Electronic Databases

 

 

Electronic databases are available on all Library computers.  Please see a Librarian or contact us for a password to access these electronic databases from home.

 

 

A to Z List

Searchable online title database providing access to the Library’s print and full-text electronic journals.

 

Academic Search Elite

Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas such as social sciences, art and literature, computer science, education, humanities, language and linguistics, multi-cultural studies, and science.

 

Criminal Justice Periodicals

Database covers criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, industrial security, and social work literature.

 

Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Provides access to the complete encyclopedia, plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus, Notable Quotations, Year in Review, World Data, and Gateway to the Classics.  Includes numerous illustrations, photographs, and audio & video clips.

 

ERIC

( Education Resource Information Center )

Database covers a wide range of education-related topics including adult, career and vocation education, assessment and evaluation, elementary and early childhood education, educational management, disabilities and gifted education, higher education, information and technology, language and linguistics, reading and communication skills, counseling and personnel services, environmental education, social studies and social science education, teacher education, tests, measurement and evaluation, and urban education.  

 

SIRS Researcher

Provides access to numerous full-text articles covering social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political & global issues.

 

 

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Periodical Holdings List for Criminal Justice

 

For more periodicals, please see the Library's complete Periodical Holdings List .

 

 

American Police Beat

Dec 2005 - present

Emergency Medical Services

Nov 2005 - present

Pennsylvania Police Criminal Law Bulletin

Feb 2006 - present

 

 

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Internet Resources

 

Associations & Organizations

 

American Probation & Parole Association (APPA)

American Correctional Association

American Jail Association

 

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Child Abuse/Children as Victims

 

Child Abuse Resources

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse

Parents of Murdered Children (POMC)

 

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Computer Crime

 

Electronic Evidence Information Center

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)

National Fraud Information Center

National Security Institute: Computer Security Resources

 

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Corrections

 

360 Degrees: Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System

Center for Restorative Justice and Mediation

Community Corrections

Community Courts

Corrections (NCJRS)

Jail Net

National Institute of Corrections

 

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Courts

 

Center for Court Innovation

Famous Trials

Federal Judicial Center (FJC)

Gag Orders

Grand Jury

International Court of Justice

International Criminal Court

National Center for State Courts

Pretrial Services Resource Center

 

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Crime Prevention

 

Auto Theft Info

Blueprints for Violence

Crime Stoppers International (CSI)

Fight Crime Invest In Kids

National Center on Rural Justice and Crime Prevention

National Crime Prevention Council

National Fraud Information Center

Security on Campus (SOC)

 

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Criminal Law

 

American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section

Criminal Law Basics

Defense Council in Criminal Cases

Mentally Retarded and the CJ System

What Is a Crime?

 

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Death Penalty

 

ACLU's Death Penalty Page

Amnesty International Death Penalty Campaign

Angel on Death Row: Sister Helen Prejean

Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project

Death Penalty Information Center

Death Penalty News

Death Row Speaks

Federal Capital Offenses by Citation

Report of the U.N. Special Rapporteur

 

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DNA Testing

 

Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)

DNA Evidence

DNA Testing

Innocence Project

 

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Domestic Violence

 

4Women.gov: The National Women's Health Information Center

Domestic Violence Help Resources

Domestic Violence Information Center

Domestic Violence Resources

Family Violence Prevention Fund

National Coalition against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

National Domestic Violence Hotline

National Violence against Women Prevention Research Center

VAWnet Library

Violence against Women Online Resources (VAWOR)

 

 

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Drugs & Alcohol

 

AA's Big Book

Center for Enforcing and Underage Drinking Laws

Center for Substance Abuse Research

Cocaine and Federal Sentencing

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Drug Policy Alliance

Drug Policy Foundation

Drug Sense

Drug War Facts

National College for DUI Defense

National Drug Strategy Network

United Nations International Drug Control Program

 

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Forensics and Crime Investigation

 

Crime & Clues: Art and Science of Criminal Investigation

Crime Scene Investigator

Education in Forensic Science

FBI Journal: Forensic Science Communications

FBI Laboratory

Firearms ID

Forensic Dentistry

Forensic Entomologists World Wide

Forensic Science Timeline

Forensics Science Resources

Psychiatry and the Law

Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence

 

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General Reference

 

360degrees: Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Court TV’s Crime Library

Crime Scene Evidence Files

Crime Theory.Com

MegaLinks in Criminal Justice

National Center for Policy Analysis

National Crime Information Exchange

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

National Institute of Justice International Center

Truth in Justice

UN Crime and Justice Information Network

Vera Institute of Justice

World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems

World Justice Information Network (WJIN)

 

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Government Agencies for Criminal Justice

 

Department of Justice Home Page (DOJ)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Office of Justice Programs: US Department of Justice

 

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Gun Control

 

ATF on the Brady Law

Firearms Litigation Clearinghouse

Reducing Gun Violence

Violence Policy Center

 

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Identity Theft

 

Identity Fraud Links Page

Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)

 

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Juvenile Justice and Gangs

 

Coroner's Report

GangResearch.Net

Gangs or Us

Into The Abyss: Into The Abyss: A Personal Journey

Justice Information Center (NCJRS) Juvenile Court Section

Juvenile Information Network

Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center

Juvenile Justice Magazine on-line

Juvenile Law Center

Juvenile Psychopath: Fads, Fictions, and Facts

Monitoring the Future

National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations

National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ)

National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)

National Gang Crime Research Center

National Youth Gang Center (NYGC)

No War on Youth

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Race as a Factor in Juvenile Arrests

Streetgangs.com

Wood County Gang Task Force

 

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Legal Information

 

FindLaw

Glossary of Criminal Justice Legal Terms

Legal Information Institute

Rule of Law

WWW Virtual Law Library (Indiana University School of Law)

 

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Most Wanted Lists

 

America's Most Wanted

Art Theft: The World's Most Wanted Art

Pennsylvania's Most Wanted

US Most Wanted Criminals

United States Postal Inspection Service Wanted Posters

World's Most Wanted

 

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Police

 

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

Community Policing Consortium (CPC)

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Heavy Badge

Interpol

INTERPOL: USNCB (American Interpol)

Law Enforcement Links (LEOLINKS)

Miranda Morass

National Center for Women & Policing

National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (NDSF)

National Police Canine Association

Official Directory of State Patrol & State Police Sites

W.H. Buchman (Police Profiling)

 

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Prisons

 

Continuing Crime of Black Imprisonment

Correctional Services Corporation

Corrections Connection

Cyberspace Inmates

Family and Corrections Network

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Fortune Society

Imprisonment

National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA)

Other Side of the Wall

Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC)

Prison Diaries

Prison Issues Desk

Prisoner's Dictionary

Stop Prisoner Rape

 

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Probation and Parole

 

Probation & Parole Officer/Agent Forum

United States Parole Commission

 

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Search Engines

 

Crime Spider

 

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Sentencing

 

Families against Mandatory Minimums Foundation (FAMM Foundation)

Families to Amend California's 3-Strikes

Sentencing Project

Smart Sentencing

 

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Sexual Crimes

 

National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

Pennsylvania Coalition against Rape (PCAR)

 

 

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Stalking

 

Anti-stalking Web Site

Stalking Behavior

Stalking Resource Center

Stalking Victims Sanctuary

 

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Statistics

 

OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book

SEARCH: National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

Sourcebook Online of Criminal Justice Statistics

United States Department of Justice

U.S. Sentencing Commission: Federal Sentencing Statistics

 

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Unsolved Crimes

 

Doe Network

 

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Victim Assistance

 

Bringing Victims into Community Policing

Crime Survivor Guide

Crime Victims for a Just Society

International Victimology Website (IVW)

Murder Victims.Com

National Association Crime of Victim Compensation Boards

National Center for Victims of Crime

National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)

National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)

National Victims Constitutional Amendment Project (NVCAP)

NCVC Victim-Impact Statements

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

OVC Directory of Crime Victim Services

U.S. Department of Justice: Resources for Victims of Crime

Victim-Assistance Online

 

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Updated:              9/17/2009

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