Criminal Justice Resources

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DatabaseseReference Sources

Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA) - Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.

Criminology - Sage Full Text (CSA) -Full text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 23 years, covering criminology and related topics.

Criminal Justice Periodicals (Proquest) - Covers U.S. and international criminal justice journals.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - Contains full-text coverage to selected journals in criminal justice.

LexisNexis Academic Universe - Provides full text access to court cases and articles in legal periodicals, law reviews, etc.

Homeland Security Digital Library – Quick access to important documents related to U.S. security.

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Criminal Justice – contains the full content of the Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice.

Xreferplus: Criminal Justice – provides full text of reference titles such as the World of Criminal Justice.

Selected eJournalsWeb Sites

American Criminal Law Review

American Journal of Criminal Law

Corrections Today

Crime and Delinquency

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin

Federal Probation

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Justice Quarterly

More criminal justice ejournals

Cecil Greek's Criminal Justice Links

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI's Uniform Crime Reports

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Interpol – International Criminal Police Organization

John Jay College of Criminal Justice Library – Internet Links

NCJRS Justice Reference Service

New York City Department of Corrections

New York City Police Department

New York State Criminal Justice Services

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

U.S. Department of Justice

World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems


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