Criminal Justice Databases
(see also
Law,
Terrorism and Homeland Security, and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- Criminal
Justice Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports,
government publications, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
Topics include crime trends, crime prevention, deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police,
courts, punishment, sentencing, and more from the points of view of the behavioral sciences,
economics, politics, education, law, and social work. Covers 1968 to the present.
- GPO
Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
- Covers all types of U.S. government documents,
including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records;
judiciary materials; and documents on all subject areas issued by
executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, etc.)
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
- Alcohol
and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- Provides multidisciplinary coverage of all aspects of the production, consumption,
regulation, and social impact of alcohol. Covers: global consumption patterns - research
and treatment institutions - traditional drinking occasions and rituals - attitudes toward
alcohol in various countries and religions - principal alcoholic beverages and major
producers and retailers - temperance, prohibition, and antiprohibitionist efforts worldwide -
images of drinking and temperance in art, painting, literature and drama - international
treaties and organizations related to alcohol production and distribution. Includes a
chronology of major events since the 18th century.
- Conspiracy
Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- Provides a serious and comprehensive summary of all the major
events, ideas, and figures of U.S. conspiracy thinking. It includes entries
on both actual conspiracies and imagined conspiracies with a rigorous,
clear-sighted, and concise analysis of each issue, placing each item
it in a meaningful context.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- Encyclopedia
of Crime and Justice (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- This uniquely interdisciplinary resource covers legal, sociological,
psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime and justice worldwide. Entries
cover civil and criminal issues, from domestic violence to terrorism. Entries cite
pertinent legal cases as well as publications for further information. Also includes
a glossary of related terms.
- Encyclopedia
of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Comprehensive, subject specific guide to the history, uses,
scientific principles, and technologies of espionage, intelligence, and security,
with special emphasis placed on the current ethical, legal, and social issues.
- Encyclopedia
of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Explains the issues behind genocide, crimes against humanity, and human
rights abuses both in individual countries and the world at large, tracing the history of events,
profiling perpetrators and heroes, and explaining international laws and legal proceedings aimed
at ending them. Also covers depictions and manifestations of the phenomenon, such as propaganda,
literature, film, and sociological & philosophical explanations.
- Encyclopedia
of Law Enforcement (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Combining the disciplines of criminology, sociology, history, law, and
political science, this encyclopedia presents concepts, theories, empirical research, and
practical viewpoints on all facets of law enforcement on the state, local, federal, national,
and international stages. Includes: development, practice, theory, and functions of policing
in a historical and contemporary framework; comprehensive and comparative views of
policing and law enforcement systems worldwide; the impact of technology and modern
culture on law enforcement, the impact of court decisions; what an officer or an agency
does; and coverage of most U.S. law enforcement concepts, strategies, practices,
agencies, and types.
- Encyclopedia
of Prisons and Correctional Facilities (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical
and contemporary framework, including biographies, articles describing important legal
statutes, and detailed descriptions of the major prisons in the United States.
- Encyclopedia
of Violence, Peace and Conflict (Credo/xrefer)
- Provides crucial and contemporary information about antagonism and reconciliation
within both the public and private realms. Covers youth violence, social change, conflict
resolution, alternatives to violence, violence and nonviolence toward the aged, and more.
- Encyclopedia
of White-Collar and Corporate Crime (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers the history and business forces of white-collar and
corporate crime, from mercantilism to globalization, both in the
United States and internationally.
- Guns
in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law (Credo/xrefer)
- Comprehensive, unbiased look at the issue of guns and gun violence
in the United States that sifts through the latest thinking and research
in the fields of criminology, history, law, medicine, politics, and sociology.
- Handbook
of Forensic Psychology: Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers the law for the psychologist, psychology for attorneys, ethical issues,
forensic report writing, mental disorders, interviewing children, child custody
evaluations, eyewitness testimony, recovered memory, polygraphs, sexual
harassment, juror selection, and ethnic issues, as well as the assessment of
behaviors, propensities, and capabilities, including dangerousness, violence,
suicide, competency, substance abuse, PTSD, and neuropsychological evaluations.
- World
of Criminal Justice, Gale (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- World
of Forensic Science (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
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