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GUIDES.


Covering Crime and Justice: A Guide for Journalists.: "Every day, broadcast and print reporters are assigned to stories involving crime and the justice system with little or no preparation. Criminal Justice Journalists has produced this guide to help make coverage better. Here you will find the basics on topics like police beat coverage, drugs, and juvenile crime, including resource lists, tips from veterans in the field and information on new challenges for journalists, such as the increasing tendency of police agencies to bullpen reporters."
Criminal Justice Research in Libraries and on the Internet. 1997.: Guide to library research in criminal justice, including research tools (indexes, encyclopedias, statistics, etc.), the Internet, database searching, and the mechanics of writing a paper. Mugar Ref. X Z5703.4 C73 N45 1997.
The Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual.3rd ed. 2005.: A guide to writing criminal justice papers, this volume includes a handbook of style for criminal justice; a section on how to conduct criminal justice research; and suggestions for writing reaction papers, article critiques, book reviews, criminal justice agency case studies, and criminal justice policy analysis papers. Mugar Ref. X HV9950 C74323 2005.
The Sociology Student Writer's Manual. 5th ed. 2004.: Introduction to researching and writing sociology research papers, including book reviews, social analysis papers, case studies, and sociological survey papers. Brief guide to the research process, library research, sociology on the World Wide Web, and conducting quantitative research. Mugar Ref. X HM585 S638 2006.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS.

Battleground: Criminal Justice. 2 vols. 2007.: Contains 100 alphabetically-arranged essays on significant criminal justice controversies. Focus is United States with a few international issues included as well. Entries include: boot camps, DNA evidence, domestic violence, gun control, homeland security, International Criminal Court, legalization of marijuana, racial profiling, sex offender laws, treating juveniles as adults, war on drugs, and more. Mugar Ref. X HV7411 B38 2007.

The Book of Assassins: A Biographical Dictionary from Ancient Times to the Present. 2001.: Contains biographical sketeches of assassins and an index of victims. Mugar Ref. X HV6245 F44 2001.
Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia. 1997.: Encyclopedia of "terminology; precedent-setting cases; key historical and contemporary figures; notable policy initiatives; and significant findings, studies, agencies, and programs" in the field of crime and justice. Mugar Ref. X HV6789 C6884 1997.
Crime Dictionary. 1988.: Contains brief definitions of crime-related terms and abbreviations, place-name nicknames, and foreign terms and abbreviations. Mugar Ref. X HV6025 D43 1988.

Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook. 2004.: Overview and chronology of four decades of cybercrime, glossary of terms, significant legislation. Mugar Ref. X HV6773 S3547 2004.
Dictionary of American Penology. 1996.: Overview of American penology, including practices, historical precedents, ideologies, and trends. Alphabetically-arranged entries from "accreditation of correctional facilities" to "Wyoming correctional system" cover state and federal prison systems and penology terminology. Mugar Ref. X HV9304 W54 1996.
The Dictionary of Criminal Justice. 2000.: An A through Z listing of definitions of terms in criminal justice and related fields. Summaries of 1,000+ Supreme Court cases affecting the study and practice of criminal justice. Appendices listing doctoral programs in criminal justice, forensic agencies and organizations, criminal justice websites, and juried/refereed journals. Mugar Ref. X HV7411 R87 2000.
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement. 2007.: "The only dictionary available that focuses on UK law enforcement terms, A Dictionary of Law Enforcement contains over 3,400 entries covering law, accountancy, insurance, shipping, commerce and trade, pathology, forensic medicine, criminology, and psychology."

Encyclopedia of American Crime. 2nd ed. 2001.: Survey of American crime from the Viking murders in approximately A.D. 1000 to contemporary use of DNA evidence. Mugar Ref. X HV6789 S54 2001.
Encyclopedia of American Prisons. 1996.: More than 160 essays on the history and current operations of American prison systems, including individuals, facilities, procedures, current prison issues, and program descriptions. Mugar Ref. X HV9471 E425 1996.

The Encyclopedia of American Prisons. 2003.: From " costs - execution vs. life imprisonment" to "prison - labor pay rates," the more than 300 entries cover 200+ years of American penal history. Entries include famous and infamous prisoners and prison wardens, prisons, riots, punishments, execution methods, juvenile issues, and more. Mugar Ref. X HV9471 S54 2003.
Encyclopedia of Child Abuse. 2001.: Entries cover issues of child abuse from such fields as law, medicine, economics, psychology and sociology. Mugar Ref. X HV6626.5 C57 2001.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. 2nd ed. 4 vols. 2002.: Contains scholarly articles concerning the causes of crime, criminal behavior, criminal law, criminal procedure, criminal justice systems, and the prevention, punishment, and treatment of crime. Mugar Ref. X HV6017 E52 2002.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. 4 vols. 2002.: From "abolitionism" to "zero tolerenace policy," the 493 articles in this work cover such themes as corrections, crimes, forensics, law and justice, organizations and institutions, punishment, special populations, and victimology. Appendix materials include information on careers in criminal justice, web resources, and professional and scholarly associations. to Mugar Ref. X HV6017 E524 2002.
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior. 4 vols. 2000.: Comprehensive encyclopedia covering criminology and social deviance under four broad categories: historical, conceptual, and theoretical issues; crime and juvenile delinquency; sexual deviance; and self destructive behavior and disvalued identity. The 500+ entries cover such topics as capital punishment, cyberporn and computer sex, and tattooing and body piercing. Mugar Ref. X HV 6017 E53 2000.
Encyclopedia of DNA and the United States Criminal Justice System. 2004.: "A to Z examination of the development of DNA fingerprinting and the role it has played in the American criminal justice system." Mugar Ref. X RA1057.55 P34 2004.
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior. 4 vols. 2001.: Contains overview essays and briefer entries on topics such as juvenile and substance abuse, mandatory sentencing, and organized crime and drug trafficking. Includes extensive directory of drug abuse and alcoholism treatment and prevention programs, research centers, and organizations. Mugar Ref. X HV5804 E53 2001.
Encyclopedia of Gangs. 2008.: "Entries related to gangs in the United States and worldwide provide a diffuse overview of the gang phenomenon. Each entry defines and explains the term, provides an historical overview, and explains its significance today." Mugar Ref. X HV6439 U5 E53 2008.

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. 3 vols. 2005.: International and multidisciplinary in scope, the 350 A to Z entries "trace the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profile perpetrators and heroes, and explain international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity." Mugar Ref. X HV6322.7 E532 2005.

The Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime. 2005.: Alphabetically-arranged entries covering criminal organizations, crime leaders, crimes, and crime-fighting entities around the world. Entries include human trafficking, INTERPOL, Kurdish criminal clans, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Russian Mafiya, and Yakuza. Mugar Ref. X HV6441 D48 2005.
The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings. 2002.: International and historical in scope, the 947 entries include "individual case histories [identifying kidnapper or victim], discussion of groups involved in multiple kidnappings, and general topics relevant to the subject." Arranged alphabetically, entries include the alien abduction controversy, the disappeared [in Latin America], fiction and film portrayals of kidnapping, groups such as the Irgun Zvai Leumi and the Japanese Red Army, and kidnap victims ranging from Miguel de Cervantes to Polly Klaas. Mugar Ref. X HV6595 N49 2002.

Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. 3 vols. 2005.: Examination of all aspects of law enforcement and policing on the state and local, federal, and international level. Coverage includes agencies and associations, policing in individual countries, personnel issues, tactics, victims, and more. Mugar Ref. X HV7921 E53 2005.


Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime . 2003.: From "aeronautical mass murder" to "Zoot Suit Riots," the 200+ signed essays include case studies, criminal terms, and pathologies, and cover such topics as aggression, criminal investigation, cults, family violence, gangs, government sanctioned violence, mass murder, terrorism, and vigilantism. Appendix material includes key criminological theorists, serial killers, and organized crime figures. Mugar Ref. X HV6515 E5323 2003.
Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in America: From Capone's Chicago to the New Urban Underworld. 2000.: Contains more than 250 entries on major underworld figures, key criminal events and milestones, and terms. Topics include the Colombian drug cartel, Russian organized crime, ecocrime, and Japanese yakuza. Mugar Ref. X HV6446 K43 2000.
Encyclopedia of Police Science. 1995.: Lengthy essays explaining concepts in policing and criminal justice. Mugar Ref. X HV7901 E53 1995.

Encyclopedia of Rape. 2004.: "185 entries in an A-to-Z essay format covering the historical scope and magnitude of the issue in the United States and globally. Written by a host of scholars from diverse fields, it provides informed perspectives on the key dimensions of the topic, from concepts, social movements, offenders, high-profile cases, legislation, influential activists, landmark texts, and victimology to representations in literature and art." Mugar Ref. HV6558 E53 2004.

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. 2000.: Arranged alphabetically, entries include case histories of individual serial killers and essays on topics such as incarceration, insanity defense, and motives for serial murder. Mugar Ref. X HV6245 N49 2000.
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century. 3 vols. 2001.: Arranged alphabetically with lengthy articles on all aspects of life in the U.S. in the nineteenth century. Use the table of contents in volume 1, or the sytematic outline of contents and detailed subject index in volume 3 to locate your topic. Relevant topics include "prisons and punishment." Mugar Ref. X E169.1 E626 2001.
The Encyclopedia of Violence: Origins, Attitudes, Consequences. 1993.: A listing of the varieties of violence in contemporary America and the relationship between everyday violence and quality of life. Mugar Ref. X HM291 D4857 1993.
Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. 2000.: Consists of 240 alphabetically arranged entries, covering the topic of women and crime, including women as offenders, victims, criminologists, criminal lawyers, reformers, and workers in the criminal justice system. Twenty percent of the entries are people (e.g., Janet Reno, Jean Harris, Elizabeth Fry), or groups of people (e.g., MADD, the Framingham Eight). Other entries represent topics such as date rape and private prisons. Mugar Ref. X HV6046 E56 2000.
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender. 2 vols. 2001.: Comprehensive coverage of topics covering current scholarship on the psychology of women and gender, including battering, child abuse, hate crimes, imprisonment, and torture. Mugar Ref. X HQ1115 E52 2001.
Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. 2001.: Reference work on the history of policing, with an international focus. Ranging from "Mau Mau Insurgency" to "Dragnet" and "tenderloin," entries include individuals, organizations, terms, and more. Mugar Ref. X HV7903 R67 2001.

Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia. 2006.: "This comprehensive encyclopedia provides a historical overview of institutions and systems around the world, as well as penal theories, prisoner culture and life, and notable prisoners and personnel." Mugar Ref. X HV8665 R67 2006.

The Sage Dictionary of Criminology. 2001.: From "abolition" to "zero tolerance," the 250 brief entries encompass "the categories of thought, methods, and practices that are central to contemporary criminological study." Mugar Ref. X HV 6017 S34 2001.

HANDBOOKS.

Capital Punishment: A Reference Handbook. 2nd ed. 2001.: Provides overview of capital punishment, history, a chronology, biographies, facts and figures, and resources. Mugar Ref. X HV8699 U5 K76 1993.
Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Reference Handbook. 2nd ed. 2007.: Contains overview of child sexual abuse, recommendations for protecting victims and perpetrators, discussion of treatment, statistics, documents, and a list of resources and organizations. Mugar Ref. X HV6570 K55 2007.
Crime in America: A Reference Handbook. 1996.: Describes trends in murder, theft, arson, rape, assault, white collar crime, organized crime, and technology-related crime. Offers various viewpoints on crime control, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system. Includes a chronology, biographies, and a list of print and nonprint resources. Mugar Ref. X HV6787 D87 1996.
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Sourcebook. 2000.: Compendium of information on the various forms of domestic violence, including violence against spouses, partners, children, siblings, parents, and the elderly. Covers such issues as stalking, date rape, male batterers, domestic violence and alcohol, and domestic violence in special populations. Mugar Ref. X HV6626.2 D66 2000.
The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide. 1999.: Ten chapters cover such topics as the history of the FBI, notable cases, physical facilities, the FBI in American popular culture, biographies, and a chronology. The volume concludes with an annotated bibliography. Mugar Ref. X HV8144 F43 T48 1999.
Gangs: A Reference Handbook. 2nd ed. 2009.: Topics addressed in this work include a history of gangs, the types of youth who join gangs and why, how law enforcement deals with gangs, and much more. Includes resources for further research. Mugar Ref. X HV6439 U7 K55 2009.
Gun Control: A Reference Handbook. 1995.: Presents arguments for and against gun control. Includes chronology of significant events/court cases, statistical data, legislation, biographical essays of individuals who have had an impact (pro and con) on the gun control issue, a directory of organizations, and a list of resources. Mugar Ref. X HV7436 K78 1995.
Handbook of Family Violence. 1988.: Contains an overview of the field and chapters on theoretical models, forms of family violence, and special issues such as alcoholism and violence. Mugar Ref. X HQ809.3 U5 H35 1988.

Hate Crimes. 2003.: Presents background information on the incidence of hate crimes and on the development of hate crime legislation. Includes a chronology, biographical sketches, a glossary, key court cases and legislation, a list of organizations, and a bibliography. Mugar Ref. X HV6773.52 S768 2003.
International Handbook of Contemporary Developments in Criminology. 2 vols. 1983.: Provides overview of the social climate, criminal justice system, patterns of criminality and criminology training worldwide. Mugar Ref. X HV6528 I57 1983.
Juvenile Crime. 2003.: Presents background information on juvenile delinquents, their crimes, and the consequences to themselves, their victims, and society. Includes a chronology, biographical sketches, a glossary, key court cases and legislation, a list of organizations, and a bibliography. Mugar Ref. X HV9104 F448 2003.

Organized Crime: A Reference Handbook. 1995.: Defines organized crime, dispels myths, and presents realities of organized crime in the U.S.; gives biographical sketches, a chronology, statistics, documents, and lists of organizations and resources. Mugar Ref. X HV6441 R9.
Police Misconduct in America: A Reference Handbook. 2001.: Includes a brief history of police misconduct, an overview of significant issues, a chronology, documents, biographical sketches, a directory of organizations, a list of print and non-print resources, and a glossary of terms. Mugar Ref. X HV8141 C44 2001.
Prisons in America: A Reference Handbook. 1999.: Overview of American prisons since colonial times. Includes a chronology, documents and statistics, biographical sketches of key figures, a directory of organizations, a list of print and non-print resources, and a glossary. Mugar Ref. X HV9471 R36 1999.

Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook. 2004.: Contains an overview and chronology of profiling and criminal justice, biographical sketches, cases, and resources. Mugar Ref. X HV9950 B86 2004.
Rape and Sexual Assault. 3 vols. 1985 - 1991.: Handbook containing bibliographic essays on the multidisciplinary aspects of rape and sexual assault. Mugar HV6561 R368.
Rape in America: A Reference Handbook. 1995.: Handbook covering law enforcement, judicial, correctional system and health care procedures with respect to rape. Includes a chronology of important events; biographical sketches of victim advocates, activists and legislators; facts and data on rape and rapists; and a list of support organizations and resources. Mugar Ref. X HV6561 H337 1995.

U.S. Homeland Security: A Reference Handbook. 2005.: Examines the creation and function of the Department of Homeland Security, placing it in historical context, with a chronology of federal responses to homeland security threats from 1798 (Alien and Sedition Acts) to the present. Mugar Ref. X HV6432.4 B35 2005.

Violent Children: A Reference Handbook. 1995.: Research guide on violent children, providing an overview, chronology, biographical sketches, statistical data, and resources (bibliographies and organizations). Mugar Ref. X HQ784 V55 K56 1995.


Women in Prison: A Reference Handbook . 2003.: Includes an introductory essay on the history of women's prisons, an examination of pertinent issues, a chronology, biographical sketches, statistics, a directory of organizations, and a list of print and nonprint resources. Mugar Ref. X HV9471 B365 2003.

The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems. 1996.: Narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of more than forty countries around the world, with links to the United Nations Criminal Justice Information Network.

INDEXES, ABSTRACTS, AND FULL TEXT SOURCES.

Academic OneFile. (BU-px).: Multidisciplinary database of more than 8,000 academic journals, many of them full-text.

Alternative Press Index. 1969 - .: Index to liberal, underground, and radical publications. Mugar Ref. X AI3 F69. Available (1991-) on the BU Web (ChRiv-px).

America: History and Life. 1964 - . (BU-px).: Indexes and abstracts articles, book reviews, and dissertations in the field of American and Canadian history, prehistory, and culture. Useful for researching the historical perspective on corrections, courts, crime, and criminals.
Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. 2003. (BU-px).: "Covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction where crime plays a substantial part, such as the thriller and spy fiction. It also includes chapters on the treatment of crime in eighteenth-century literature, French and Victorian fiction, women and black detectives, crime on film and TV, police fiction and postmodernist uses of the detective form."


CrimDoc: Criminal Justice Grey Literature Database.: "CrimDoc comprises the 'grey literature' from the field of Criminology, as well as other, related areas of specialization, including criminal justice, penology and corrections, juvenile deliquency/young offenders, policing and law enforcement, and private policing. This file, housed in the University of Toronto Centre of Criminology Library, is composed of institute, association, and government publications, as well as unpublished papers, working papers, research reports, etc."

Criminal Justice Abstracts. 1968 - . (BU-px).: Contains abstracts to journal articles, reports, dissertations, and books. Entries are arranged under broad subject categories. (BU-px)

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index. 1981 - . (BU-px).: More than 50 titles are available full-text, with abstracts and indexing for a further 140 titles. The major emphasis is on practical aspects of criminal justice, especially law enforcement and corrections. Available in print (1978-1998) Mugar Ref. X Z5118 C9 C74.

Criminology: A Sage Full Text Collection. (BU-px).: "Includes the full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 23 years, encompassing over 5,500 articles. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence."

CSPV Violence Literature Database (VioLit).: "VioLit is the Violence Research Literature database of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Boulder. This database stores bibliographic information and CSPV abstracts of violence related research and literature. This literature primarily includes journal articles, books, reports and literature reviews on the topics related to juvenile violence."

Ethnic NewsWatch. 1990 - . (BU-px).: A comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. (BU-px).

FRANCIS. 1984 - . (ChRiv-px).: Multilingual, multidisciplinary index to journals in the social sciences and humanities.

Hein Online Criminal Justice Journals. (BU-px).: Full-text access to archive of law journals and a few criminal justice/criminology journals.

Historical Abstracts. 1955 - . (BU-px).: Indexes and abstracts periodical literature and dissertations on world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada), from 1450 to the present. Look here for the historical perspective on crime and criminals.

IngentaConnect.com. 1988 - .: IngentaConnect offers one of the most comprehensive collections of academic and professional research articles online - some 17 million articles from 28,000 publications, including 6,100 online.

JSTOR. (BU-px).: Archive of scholarly journals in electronic format, digitized from the first issue onward to a "moving wall" of two to five years ago.
LexisNexis Academic. (BU-px).: A full-text database that includes newspapers, wire services, transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, medical and health journals, trade journals, accounting literature, company financial reports, law reviews, statutory and case law, and public opinion polls. The database is international in scope, and includes newspapers in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, and German. Dates of coverage vary depending upon the publication.
The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800 - 1926. (BU-px): "Comprises over 21,000 works from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on British Commonwealth and American law, with 14,900 titles from the nineteenth century and 7,100 titles from the years 1900 to 1926. It covers nearly every aspect of law, encompassing a range of analytical, theoretical, and practical literature, some very rare. The monographs and materials in Legal Treatises include casebooks, local practice manuals, books on legal form, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, and speeches. The collection is of interest to scholars and patrons interested in domestic and international law, legal history, business and economics, politics and government, national defense, criminology, religion, education, labor and social welfare, and military justice."
Medline via ISI. 1950+(BU-px).: Indexing and abstracts to journals in medicine and related fields. Also available (1966-) via OVID with a password.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database (NCJRS). (BU-px).: "The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research."

NCJRS Virtual Library.: Access to 7000+ full-text publications on the NCJRS web site and the web sites of the agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service). 1915 - . (BU-px).: Index to articles, books and documents in public affairs and public policy, including social conditions. (BU-px).

PsycINFO. 1872 - . (BU-px).: "Contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology." It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as crime, serial crime, and profiling.
Restorative Justice Database. 1970 - .: "Created and maintained by the University of Toronto Centre of Criminology Library, this database includes citations to academic and practitioner literature from 1970 to the present. It is updated and maintained on a regular basis and presently includes more than 1,400 records."

ScienceDirect. 1995/96 - . (BU-px).: A web-based information source for scientific, technical, and medical research offering access to more than 1100 full text electronic journals across 16 fields of science, including the social sciences. Provides access to some criminology/criminal justice journals.

Social Sciences Citation Index. 1956 - .: Interdisciplinary index to 4700+ journals and collected volumes in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides access by author, citation and subject. Mugar Ref. X Z7161 S65, (1956-1975). Searchable on the BU Web as Web of Science (1973- ) (BU-px).

Social Sciences Full Text. 1983 - . (ChRiv-px).: Indexes and abstracts core journals in such fields as anthropology, criminal justice and criminology, gender studies, geography, gerontology, minority studies, social work, sociology, and urban studies. Includes full text of articles from 215+ journals as far back as 1995. For retrospective searching (1907-1984) use Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective, which indexes nearly 1,200 periodicals as early as 1907.

Social Services Abstracts. 1979 - . (BU-px).: Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,500 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.

Sociological Abstracts. 1952 - . (BU-px).: Indexes and abstracts periodical articles, conference papers, proceedings, dissertations, and book reviews in sociology and related fields.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. 1975 - . (BU-px).: "Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES.

Acquaintance and Date Rape: An Annotated Bibliography. 1994.: Annotated bibliography of empirical research or research reviews on acquaintance rape published in scholarly journals or books, arranged by topic (e.g., incidence of acquaintance rape, research on perpetrators). Mugar Ref. X Z5703.4 R35 A28 1994.

American Prisons: An Annotated Bibliography. 1998.: A supplement to the Encyclopedia of American Prisons (Mugar Ref. X HV9471 E425 1996), this work contains annotations for selected references in the encyclopedia. Subjects are presented in the same alphabetical format as the encyclopedia. Indexed by author, case, and subject. Mugar Ref. X Z5703.4 P75 M33 1998.

Blood & Ink: An International Guide to Fact-Based Crime Literature. 2002.: Annotated bibliography and guide to fact-based crime literature, including both non-fictional accounts of crimes and crime trials and works of imaginative literature. Worldwide in scope, the volume encompasses works in English, Romance languages, Latin, German, Russian, and Swedish, and covers ancient, historical, and modern crime literature. Mugar Ref. X Z5703 B67 2002.

Capital Punishment in America: An Annotated Bibliography. 1988.: Annotated list of approximately 1000 books, articles, Congressional documents and Supreme Court decisions relating to capital punishment. Mugar Ref. X Z5703.4 C36 R3 1988.

Comparative Criminology: An Annotated Bibliography. 1991.: Contains 500 entries for citations to journal articles, books, chapters, and conference and symposium proceedings on comparative, cross-cultural, and cross-national criminology. Mugar Ref. X Z5703 B44 1991.

Crime and the Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography. 1988.: Annotated bibliography of 361 books, articles, papers, dissertations, and Congressional hearings on the elderly as victim and the elderly as criminal. Mugar Ref. X Z5703.4 A35 A33 1988.

Criminal Justice in America, 1959 - 1984: An Annotated Bibliography. 1985.: Contains abstracts to more than 800 periodicals and books on law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. Mugar Z5703.5 U5 H48 1985.


Homicide: A Bibliography. 1987.: List of more than 1900 entries on the subject of homicide, including statistics, demographics, theories and legal aspects. Mugar Z5703.4 M87 A24 1987.

Race and Crime: An Annotated Bibliography. 2000.: Annotated bibliography of books, monographs, journal articles, dissertations, special issues, government documents, and websites on race and offending, race and victimization, and race and criminal justice system professionals. Mugar Ref. X Z5703.5 U5 R87 2000.

Spouse Abuse: An Annotated Bibliography of Violence Between Mates. 1986.: Contains annotations for nearly 1800 books, articles, theses, dissertations, and pamphlets published on spouse abuse. Mugar Ref. X Z5703.4 W53 1986.

STATISTICS.

Bureau of Justice Statistics.: The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects and disseminates statistics about U.S. crime and justice, including crimes and victims, criminal offenders, and the justice system.
Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool.: From the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U. S. Department of Education, "this analysis cutting tool was designed to provide rapid customized reports for public inquiries relating to campus crime data. The data are drawn from the OPE Campus Security Statistics Website database to which crime statistics are submitted annually, via a Web-based data collection, by all postsecondary institutions that receive Title IV funding."

City Crime Rankings 2008-2009.: "Numbers, rates and trends for total crime, violent crime, murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, property crime, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft are presented in both alphabetical and rank order for all metro areas and cities of 75,000 or more population. Also included are numbers and rates of police in cities." Mugar Ref. X HV6787 C57.

Crime in America's Top Rated Cities: A Statistical Profile. 2000.: Contains statistics for the past 22 years (1977-1999) on major crime for about 75 U.S. cities. Arranged alphabetically by city, with overviews of each city's crime problems. Mugar Ref. X HV6787 C733.

Crime in the United States. 1945 - .: Formely titled Uniform Crime Reports. Nationwide view of crime compiled by the FBI from statistical reports submitted by state and local law enforcement agencies. Mugar Ref. X HV6787 F30. Latest year at reference desk, previous five years in reference stacks; earlier volumes in stacks (HV6767 F30). Selected files from Crime in the United States are available from the FBI Web Page.
Crime State Rankings: Crime in the 50 United States. 2005.: 513 tables of state crime statistics and rankings on juvenile and adult arrests, corrections, law enforcement personnel and expenditures, offenses, crime clearances, courts, and drug and alcohol treatment. Mugar Ref. X HV6787 C735.

Federal Bureau of Prisons.: Includes an overview of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, publications and articles, and statistical data on prison facilities, inmates and employees.

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center.: "The Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC) maintains the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database, which contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system. Using data obtained from Federal agencies, the FJSP compiles comprehensive information describing defendants from each stage of Federal criminal case processing. "

LexisNexis Statistical. (BU-px).: An online version of three indexes: American Statistics Index, covering 1973 to the present; Index to International Statistics, covering 1983 to the present; and Statistical Reference Index, covering 1980 to the present. The database indexes and abstracts social, demographic, and economic statistics published by the U.S. government, the U.N. and other international governmental organizations, as well as US state governments, and US private nonprofit and commercial associations and organizations. Most of these publications are available in the ASI, IIS, and SRI microfiche collections in Mugar Library. The PowerTables section of the database contains complete statistical tables, and may be searched separately.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. 1974 - .: Annual compendium of statistics compiled by governmental and private agencies. Mugar HV7245 N37B. Latest edition available on the Web. Sourcebook Archive 1994-2002 is also online. The last print edition was 2003 but the online version is updated regularly.

Statistical Handbook on Violence in America. 1996.: Compendium of statistical data on violence in America. Chapters cover fatal and other forms of interpersonal violence, vulnerable and high-risk groups and situations, and the impact of violence. Mugar Ref. X HN90 V5 S833 1996.

Statistics on Crime and Punishment. 1996.: Compendium of statistics on crime, trends and criminal justice system responses to crime in the U.S., with charts and tables accompanied by commentary. Mugar Ref. X HV6787 S73 1996.

Statistics on Weapons and Violence. 1996.: Selection of charts, graphs and tables on availability, ownership and use of weapons in crime; and on violence and violent crime (including youth and workplace violence), as well as murder, rape, robbery, and assault. Mugar Ref. X HN90 V5 S834 1996.
UCrime.com.: Provides crime mapping for colleges and universities, allowing one to view reported crime activity (theft, burglary, robbery, assault, arson, shooting, vandalism, arrest) for an individual school on a Google map. Includes Boston University. A similar service, SpotCrime.com, maps crimes in major cities, including Boston.
World Prison Brief.: Compiled by the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College, London, "the WPB is a data-base which provides factual information about prison systems throughout the world."

INTERNET SOURCES.

Africana Criminal Justice Project.: Located at Columbia University, "the Africana Criminal Justice Project (ACJP) was established to further develop and stimulate engagement (among academics, students, activists, and practitioners) with black intellectual production on the intersections connecting race, crime, and criminal justice systems." Resources include a lengthy Bibliography.
ATF Online: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.: Moved from the Treasury Department to the Justice Department following passage of the Homeland Security Act, "the ATF will continue to perform the law enforcement functions relating to firearms, explosives, and arson. It will also administer the U.S. Criminal Code provisions concerning alcohol and tobacco smuggling and diversion."

The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice.: "The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) is a private non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce society's reliance on the use of incarceration as a solution to social problems." Site includes articles and reports on juvenile and criminal justice issues and links to other criminal justice and human rights groups, research sites and think tanks, popular culture and media sites, and sites pertaining to children and youth.

Crimes Against Children Research Center.: "The mission of the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) is to combat crimes against children by providing high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. CCRC is concerned with research about the nature of crimes including child abduction, homicide, rape, assault, and physical and sexual abuse as well as their impact."

Criminal Investigation and Forensic Sciences: Sources for Scholars and Aficionados.: Annotated list of electronic resources on “the application of principles and methods of science and medicine to legal questions of a criminal or civil nature.”

Criminal Justice Links.: Comprehensive Web site maintained by Cecil E. Greek, associate professor of criminology at Florida State University. Topics include pornography, drugs, juvenile justice, restorative justice, crime and crime prevention, and much more.

Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.: "Since 1975, the Family Research Laboratory (FRL) has devoted itself primarily to understanding family violence and the impact of violence in families. As public and professional interest in family violence has grown, so has the need for more reliable knowledge. The FRL has tried to fill that need in a variety of ways: through comprehensive literature reviews, new theories, and methodologically sound studies. Researchers at the FRL pioneered many of the techniques that have enabled social scientists to estimate directly the scope of family violence."

Federal Bureau of Investigation.: The FBI Web Page contains statistics; information on major investigations; historical files on Bonnie and Clyde, the Lindbergh Kidnapping, etc.; Freedom of Information Act files; the FBI's most wanted; and other information.
Homicide in Chicago, 1870-1930.: "The Chicago Historical Homicide Project began with the discovery of the availability of a rich log of more than 11,000 homicides maintained consistently and without interruption by the Chicago Police Department over the course of 60 years, from 1870 to 1930." Maintained at the School of Law, Northwestern University, this project includes an interactive database, a Crimes of the Century section, Publications, and more.
International Criminal Court.: "The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998... This is the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished."

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture. 1993 - .: "The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture is a scholarly record of research and opinion on the intersection of crime, criminal justice, and popular culture."

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data.: Web site providing access to most of the 550+ data collections on criminal justice held at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data.
National Center for Women & Policing.: The Center "conducts and disseminates original research on the status of women in policing and the impact of gender on police operations. Our research is a vital component of our strategy to gender balance law enforcement, and provides compelling evidence on how the under-representation of women impacts contemporary law enforcement problems such as police brutality and inadequate police response to violence against women. We also publish and distribute briefing papers on myriad topics of central interest to our mission, including the impact of women on modern law enforcement, the gender dimensions of police excessive force, and domestic violence in police families."

National Criminal Justice Reference Service.: "Federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide." Clearinghouse of information on criminal justice, including: corrections, courts, drugs and crime, international, juvenile justice, law enforcement, victims of crime, and additional issues.

National White Collar Crime Center.: "The mission of NW3C is to provide a nationwide support system for agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crimes and to support and partner with other appropriate entities in addressing homeland security initiatives, as they relate to economic and high-tech crimes."

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London, 1674 - 1913.: "The Old Bailey Proceedings Online makes available a fully searchable, digitised collection of all surviving editions of the Old Bailey Proceedings from 1674 to 1913, and of the Ordinary of Newgate's Accounts, 1690 to 1772. It allows access to over 210,000 trials and biographical details of approximately 3,000 men and women executed at Tyburn."

Public Agenda Online.: "A nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1975 by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance." See their issue guide on Crime: "the Understanding the Issue section lays out the facts and policy alternatives, while the Public Opinion section offers a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue."

Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University.: "This site is designed to be a central clearinghouse for police agencies, legislators, community leaders, social scientists, legal researchers, and journalists to access information about current data collection efforts, legislation and model policies, police-community initiatives, and methodological tools that can be used to collect and analyze data."

The Sentencing Project.: "The Sentencing Project is an independent source of criminal justice policy analysis, data and program information for the public and policy-makers. The Sentencing Project Website is designed to provide resources and information for the news media and a public concerned with criminal justice and sentencing issues."
U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.: "The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. UNODC is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism."

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