Electronic Indexes/Abstracts
 
Electronic Resource  -   InfoTrac OneFile - Found on the Research Gateway

Electronic Resource  -   Expanded Academic Index (1980-date).  An electronic index which includes material
                                        from more than 960 scholarly and general-interest publications.  For some of the titles,
                                        the full text is included.  Updated weekly.

Electronic Resource  -  Lexis-Nexis - Found on the Research Gateway

Electronic Resource  -  NIJ Publications - Found on the Research Gateway

Indexes/Abstracts
 
R 364 C861                   Criminal Justice Abstracts (1977-date)

R 364 C869                   Criminology and Penology Abstracts (1984-1991)
 
R 364 C869                   Criminology, Penology, and Police Science Abstracts (1992-date)
 
MFM 380                      Abstracts on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency (1968-1976)

MFM 4849                    Abstracts on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency (1977-1988)
 
Directories
 
R 364 D62                    Directory of Criminal Justice Issues in the States (1995)
                                      Describes programs at the state level, summarizes research in progress, and lists
                                      publications produced by the State Statistical Analysis Centers. Also contains SAC contact
                                      information. Library also has second edition.
 
364.06 H15n                U.S. Criminal Justice Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles (1993)
                                     A directory listing interest groups in the areas of law enforcement, courts and corrections.
                                     Lists not only the contact addresses but also a brief summary of organizational history/
                                     development, mission statement/purpose, policy activity/concerns, and further information/
                                     resources for each group.

R362.76025 F31         Federal Resources on Missing and Exploited Children (1996)

Encyclopedias/Dictionaries
 
R 340.03 B56               Black's Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and
(See Ref. Desk)             English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern (1999)

R 345.73 D268l           Legal Terms and Concepts in Criminal Justice (1983)

R 349.73 En1              Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System: Studies of the Principal Institutions
                                     Processes of Law (1987)
 
R 349.7303 H55r        Real Life Dictionary of the Law: Taking the Mystery Out Of Legal Language (1995)
                                     Appendices provide introductions to the American court system, synopses of major
                                     Supreme Court decisions, contact addresses for State Bar Associations, legal trivia, brief
                                     information on capital punishment (by state), and a list of the "top 30 legal films."
 
R 362.2 Ab34d            A Dictionary of Drug Abuse Terms and Terminology (1984)

R 363.203 En1           The Encyclopedia of Police Science (1989)

R 363.203 F29p         The Police Dictionary and Encyclopedia (1988)
 
R 363.25 En1             Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (2000)

R 364.03 En1             Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (1983)

R 364.03 En19           Encyclopedia of World Crime: Criminal Justice, Criminology and Law Enforcement
                                   (1989).  Historical and biographical, international in scope. Volume 5 is a dictionary which
                                   includes supplements listing international acronyms for organizations and operations, brief
                                   information about the various U.S. correctional systems, landmark U.S. Federal and State
                                   Court decisions, landmark U.S. crime legislation, and contact addresses and phone
                                   numbers for U.S. Crime Commissions.

R 364.03 En192b      Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior (2001)

R 364.03 R89d          The Dictionary of Criminal Justice (1991)
                                  Includes summaries of more than 700 Supreme Court cases that have affected Criminal
                                  Justice. Also includes lists of doctoral programs in Criminal Justice, forensic agencies and
                                  organizations, health and consumer toll-free hotlines, and juried/refereed journals.

R 364.082 En1         Encyclopedia of Women and Crime (2000)

R 364.092 Ax1c       Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical Dictionary of Law Enforcement
                                    (1996)

R 364.1 N171b         Bloodletters and Badmen: a Narrative Encyclopedia of American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the
                                  Present (1995)

R 364.103 Si2e        The Encyclopedia of American Crime (1982)

R 364.1523 N48e    Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (2000)

R 365.973 En19      Encyclopedia of American Prisons (1996)
                                 Provides the history as well as information about the current operations of the American
                                 prison system.

R 616.86 F29a       The Alcohol/Drug Abuse Dictionary and Encyclopedia (1988)
                                 Provides lengthy, explanatory definitions and gives examples in some cases.
                                 Miscellaneous appendices include a list of drug jargon, contact addresses for state
                                 agencies and drug poison information centers, and more. Also includes a bibliography.

Statistical Information

R 303.6 St29            Statistical Handbook on Violence in America (1996)

304.6 St29r 1993     Statistical Record of Native North Americans (1993)
                                   Includes a section on law and law enforcement.

R 305.896 B56a      Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook (1994)
                                 Contains a section on crime, law enforcement, and corrections.

R 363 C86               Crime in America's Top-Rated Cities: a Statistical Profile

R 364 C49               City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America (1995 & 1999)
                                   Presents 1993 crime data for 274 U.S. metropolitan areas and the 100 largest cities.
                                   Statistics on the number of police patrolling the streets of the 100 largest cities are
                                   included. Statistics are derived from Crime in the United States, an FBI publication
                                   gathered under the Uniform Crime Reporting program.

R 364 St2g 1996     Statistics on Weapons and Violence (1996)

R 364 Un3c            Crime in the United States (1998-2000)

R 364 Un3c            Uniform Crime Reports for the United States (1960- )  Published annually. Provides a view
                                    of crime based on statistics provided by state and local law enforcement agencies.

R 364 Un32s          Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (1974- )(Also available on CD-ROM - ask at the
                                    Reference Desk - J29.4/6-2)

R 364.973 C86s     Crime State Rankings 1996: Crime in the 50 United States (1996)  Statistics derived
                                  from various government sources.

R 364.973 St2g     Statistics on Crime and Punishment (1996)

Miscellaneous

R 344.73 Z27d 1996  Drug Testing Legal Manual and Practice Aids (1996)
                                   Discusses drug testing methods, technological issues, laws and regulations, employee
                                   testing, school student testing, and alternatives.

R 344.730545 Ue4d   Drug Abuse and the Law Sourcebook (1996)
                                  Chapters include Drugs of Abuse, Legal Classifications, Proof of the Identity of Drugs,
                                  Drugs and Criminal Responsibility, Possessory Offenses, Trafficking Offenses, and more.

R 345.7305 Un3a   The American Criminal Justice Process: Selected Rules, Statutes and Guidelines
                                 (1989).  Description of procedural pattern followed for most cases in most jurisdictions. Also
                                 discusses some of the more significant variations. Includes a time table for lawyers in
                                 federal criminal cases.

R 345.73064 C83  Courtroom Criminal Evidence (1998)

R 349.73 G79m    Great American Court Cases (1999)

R 354.072 C86     Criminal Justice Information: How to Find It, How to Use It (1998)

363.2 M148c        Criminal Justice in the Community (1993)
                             An introductory source covering issues, such as social control, race and community
                             expectations, police, lawyers, courts, juvenile justice, corrections. Includes some historical
                             information.

364 T13 1996     Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Crime and Criminology
                           (1996)

R 364.072 C86   Forensic Medicine Sourcebook  (1999)

R 364.7 T25r     Annual Report - State of Tennessee, Dept. of Corrections  (FY69/70- )

R 365.6 C817    Corrections Yearbook (1997)

Selected Periodicals

Walker Library subscribes to several periodicals in the criminal justice/criminology field.  These are shelved on the
First Floor of the library, arranged alphabetically by title.  Following is a selected list:

        American Journal of Police: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory and Research (1989 - date)
        British Journal of Criminology (1974-date)
        C.J. The Americas (1989-date)
        Canadian Journal of Criminology (1978-date)
        CJ International (1989-date)
        Crime and Delinquency (1955-date)
        Crime and Justice International (1997-)
        Crime Control Digest (1967-date)
        Crime, Law, and Social Change (1991-date)
        Criminal Justice and Behavior (1974-date)
        Criminal Justice Ethics (1989-date)
        Criminology (1963-date)
        FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (1974-date)
        International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (1974-date)
        International Journal of the Sociology of Law (1979-date)
        Journal of Criminal Justice (1973-date)
        Justice Quarterly: JQ (1989-date)
        Science and Justice (1995-date)
        Security (1986-date)
        Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict and World Order (1988-date)
        The British Journal of Criminology (1974-date)
        The American Criminal Law Review (1989-date)
        The Police Chief (1953-date)

Bibliographies

R 016.364 D29c       Criminological Bibliographies: Uniform Citations to Bibliographies, Indexes and
                                 Review Articles of the Literature of Crime Study in the United States (1978)

R 016.364 Ob1c      Criminal Justice Research Sources (1983)

R 300 C76 v.16       Substance Abuse I: Drug Abuse. A Bibliography (1989)

R 300 C76 v.17       Substance Abuse II: Alcohol Abuse. A Bibliography (1990)

R 363.2 W58p         A Police Bibliography: Published and Unpublished Sources through 1976, With an
                                Addendum (1980)

R 364.016 R11c     Criminology and the Administration of Criminal Justice: A Bibliography (1976)

R 364.66 T73         The Capital Punishment Dilemma, 1950-1977: A Subject Bibliography (1979)

R 364.973 F33l      Law Enforcement: A Selected Bibliography (1977)

R364.973 R73a      African American Criminologists 1970-1996: an Annotated Bibliography (1998)
 

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