Criminal Justice

Selected Resources

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(251) 460-7025	Kathy Jones, Reference and Vicki Tate, Documents

The following is a selected list of library resources. Please consult a reference librarian for assistance in using these or locating additional resources. You may contact us at webref@southalabama.edu or at the telephone number listed above.

INDEXES TO JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Bound print journals are shelved by call number on the Third Floor South. Current print journals and titles in microform are shelved alphabetically by title on the Second Floor South of the University Library. Use the indexes below to identify articles on specific topics as well as to locate full text electronic articles.
and http://www.ncjrs.gov/abstractdb/search.asp (1970 to date) New York Times Index. Reference AI 21 .N45 (1851 to date) PAIS International in Print. Ref. Z 7161 .P9 (1991-2000) Continues: Public Affairs Information Bulletin (1968-1985) and PAIS Bulletin (1985-1990) Periodicals Archive Online. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases PsycINFO. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO (includes links to PsycARTICLES) (1872 to date) ScienceDirect. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases Social Sciences Index. Ref. AI 3 .S62 (1974-1999) Social Sciences Citation Index. Ref Z 7161 .S65 (1977-2000) SocINDEX with Full Text. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases Wiley InterScience. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases

HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES

ENCYCLOPEDIAS & DICTIONARIES

American Jurisprudence. 2^nd edition. Law Collection KF 154 .A482 Black’s Law Dictionary.: Ready Reference KF 156 .B53 2004 and Law Collection KF 156 .B53 1999
Bloodletters and Badmen. Reference HV 6785 .N37 1995 Corpus Juris Secundum. Law Collection KF 154 .C56 Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law.: Reference KF 4114 .D46 (1987, 1994 to date)
Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage. Reference KF 156 .G367 1995 Dictionary of Selected Legal Terms. Reference KF 156 .J39 2001 Encyclopedia of American Prisons. Reference HV 9471 .S54 2003 Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. Reference HV 6017 .E52 2002 Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Bookstacks HV 6017 .E524 2002 Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior. Reference HV 6017 .E53 2001 Encyclopedia of DNA and the United States Criminal Justice System. Reference RA 1057.55 .P34 2004 Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights. Reference KF 3941 .A68 U88 2000 Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice. Reference HV 9104 .E58 2003 Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Reference HV 7921 .E53 2005 Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities. Reference HV 9471 .E427 2005 Encyclopedia of Psychology. Reference BF 31 .E562 2000 Encyclopedia of Social Work. Reference HV 35 .S6 (19th, 1995 and Supplements 1997, 2003) Encyclopedia of Sociology. Reference HM 425 .E5 2000 Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System. Reference KF 154 E53 1987 Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes. Reference HV 6251 .C65 1988 Guide to American Law. Reference KF 156 .G77 1983 International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Reference H 41 .I58 2001 Legal Terms and Concepts in Criminal Justice. Reference KF 9223 .A68 D38 1983 Legal Thesaurus. Reference KF 156 .B856 Prentice Hall’s Dictionary of American Criminal Justice, Criminology and Criminal Law. Reference KF 9223 .A68 F35 2005 Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century. Reference HV 6245 .F74 1996 West’s Encyclopedia of American Law. Reference KF 154 .W47 1997

DIRECTORIES

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.: LexisNexis Academic: Legal Research: Career Information

STATISTICAL SOURCES

Criminal Victimization in the United States.: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#CV (1992-95) Statistical Tables (1996 to date)
[Older editions in Documents J 29.9/2: (1973-1995)]
Criminal Victimization. [More recent title]: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#CV (2002-date)
[Older editions are available in Documents J 29.11/10: (1983-1994, 2002-date)]
City Crime Rankings. Reference HV 6787 .C57 1997 Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics.: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cfjs (1993 to date)
[Older editions in Documents. J 29.20: (1984-86, 1988-90, 1992-98, 2000-2001)]
Correctional Populations in the United States.: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cpus (1993 to date)
[Older editions in Documents J 29.17: (1985-1997)]
Crime in Alabama. Documents HV 7250 .A27 (1978-1994) Crime in the United States. Continues: Uniform Crime Reports for the United States (FBI).: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm (1995-date)
[Also available in paper, J 1.14/7: (1930-2004) Last 5 edition`s in Docs. Ref. Older editions in Docs Stacks]
Crime State Rankings. Reference HV 6787 .C75 1994 Hate Crime Statistics.: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#hate (1995-date)
[Also available in Documents J 1.14/2:C 86/17/ (1995-2001)]
Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984. Docs Ref. J 29.2:C 81/850-984 Juvenile Offenders and Victims: National Report.: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/alphaList.aspx?alpha=J
[Also available in Documents J 32.2:J 98/15/ (1995 and 1999)]
National Corrections Reporting Program. Documents, CD-ROM J 29.11/13-2: (1983/86-2001) Reporting Crime to the Police, 1992-2000. Documents J 29.13:C 86/3/992-2000 Social Work Almanac. Ready Reference HV 90 .G53 1995 Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics.: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/ (Current edition only)
[Older editions available inDocuments J 29.9/6: (1973-2002), last 10 at Docs. Ref.]
Statistical Abstract of the United States.: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html
Ready Reference HA 202 .A299 (latest 2 years) and Documents C 3.134: (1905-2006, last 5 years at Docs. Ref.)

CAREER INFORMATION

Career Opportunities in Law Enforcement, Security and Protective Services.Reference, Career Counter HV 8143 .E34 Criminal Justice and Criminology: A Career Guide to Local, State, Federal and Academic Positions.Bookstacks HV 9950 .A54 Federal Protective Service Careers in Security and Law Enforcement. Documents GS 1.2:P 94/4 Occupational Outlook Handbook. Ref., Career Counter HF 5382.5 .U503 and Docs Ref. L 2.3/4: Women in Law Enforcement Careers. Bookstacks HV 8143 .L68 2005

USA LIBRARIES' CATALOG (SOUTHcat)

SOUTHcat Catalog is where you will find which books, journal titles, government publications, microform and media are available in the University Libraries. Use Subject or Keyword searches to find additional material. These terms may also be useful when searching for journal articles but the truncation symbols may be different (* or ! or $ or?).

subject searches	keyword searches
prison sentences	"boot camp" and crim?
corrections	japan? and "criminal justice"
capital punishment	criminal? and rehabilitation
victims of crimes	crim? and statistic?
criminal justice administration	crim? and (media or press)
law enforcement	crime and elderly
gangs	"criminal justice" and reform
prisons	prison? and overcrowd?
police	(police or policing) and community
homicide investigation	juvenile? and crim?
prisoners	sentence? and alternative?
criminal investigation	criminology and methodology
forensic sciences	evidence and analysis
violent crimes	"law enforcement" and profiling
juvenile delinquents	criminal and investigation? and forensic?
crime prevention	prisoner? and "mental health"
hate crimes	crime and analysis
arrest	victim? and crime? and services

INTERNET RESOURCES

Alabama Legal Information Center http://www.alalinc.net/ Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Criminal Justice Meta-Links http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/linklist.htm Code of Alabama http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm Code of Alabama (Searchable) http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/AcAslogin.asp Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html Criminal Justice (Browse Topic) http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/browsetopics/cjustice.html Drug and Crime Facts http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/contents.htm Find Law http://www.findlaw.com Florida State University/Cecil Greek’s Criminal Justice Page http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/cjl-main.php Internet Law Library (Pritchard Law Web) http://www.lawmoose.com/internetlawlib/1.htm Law Enforcement Online (Overview of resources. Access limited to registered users)http://www.saic.com/justice/leo.html Mobile County Sheriff’s Office http://www.mobileso.com/Mobile50/About Mobile Police Department http://www.cityofmobile.org/html/departments/police/index.shtml National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/ National Consortium for Criminal Justice Information and Statistics http://www.search.org National Juvenile Defender Center. http://www.njdc.info/ U.S. Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/ Uniform Crime Reports (Crime in the United States) http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm United States Code http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm

SELECTED FULL-TEXT JOURNALS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Dates of full-text coverage may vary with each title and with different databases. One way to check availability is to use "Our Journal List " on the University Library homepage.

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