Research Guide: Criminal Justice
Getting Started :: Finding Books :: Finding Articles :: Journals :: Citing Sources :: Web Resources


Introduction
This page includes a general introduction to resources in Criminal Justice. If you cannot find what you are looking for on this page, or if you have a specific research need in mind, please consult a Reference Librarian.

Library liaison to the Department of Criminal Justice: Kendra St. Aubin, Collection Development Librarian.
Getting Started: Selected Reference Resources
The following is a select list of some significant reference books in Criminal Justice.
American Dictionary of Criminal Justice: Key Terms and Major Court Cases  Ref HV7411 .C48 2005
Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia  Ref HV6789 .C6884
Dictionary of American Penology  Ref HV9304 .W54 1996
Encyclopedia of American Prisons  Ref HV9471 .E425
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice  Ref HV6017 .E52 2002
Encyclopedia of Criminology  Ref HV6017 .E5295 2005
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior  Ref HV6017 .E53
Encyclopedia of DNA and the United States Criminal Justice System  Ref RA1057.55 .P34 2004
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior  Ref HV5804 .E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Forensic Science  Ref HV8073 .B425 2004
Encyclopedia of High-Tech Crime and Crime-Fighting  Ref HV6773 .N48 2004
Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice  Ref HV9104 .E58 2003
Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement  Ref HV7921 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities  Ref HV9471 .E693 2005
The Encyclopedia of Violence: Origins, Attitudes, Consequences  Ref HM291 .D4857
Encyclopedia of Women and Crime  Ref HV6046 .E56
Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement  Ref HV7903 .R67
Finding Books in Maxwell Library
To find books, you may search Webster, our online catalog, browse our shelves for titles, or look up Recent Acquisitions in Webster.
Subject Headings
A sample of Library of Congress Subject Headings related to Criminal Justice. The LC subject headings can be used when searching Webster as well as many of Maxwell Library's online databases. See Helpful Hints for Searching Webster.
Capital PunishmentFamily Violence
Child AbuseFemale Offenders
CrimeJuvenile Delinquency
Criminal BehaviorPolice
Criminal Justice, Administration ofPrisons
Criminals RehabilitationViolence
Call Numbers
Books in Criminal Justice can be found under the following Library of Congress Call Numbers:
  • BF: Psychology and Related Sciences
  • HM: Sociology General and Theoretical
  • HN: Social History & Conditions, Social Problems, Social Reform
  • HQ: Family, Marriage, Women, Sexual Life
  • HV: Criminology, Social Pathology, Social & Public Welfare
  • K, KF, KFM: Law
Circulating books in the BF, HM-HV, and K call number ranges above can be found in the stacks on the Second Floor of Maxwell Library. Reference materials with these call numbers can be found in the Reference Department on the First Floor of the library.

(These suggested Library of Congress call numbers are for shelf browsing purposes only, and are by no means comprehensive.)
Finding Articles: Indexes, Abstracts, and Online Databases
Indexes and Abstracts are tools that help you locate journal, magazine and newspaper articles, and in some cases, chapters in books, conference proceedings, etc.

Maxwell Library's print indexes and abstracts are located on the First Floor; our online databases are accessible to Bridgewater State College students, faculty, and staff from any computer with Internet access (username and password required).

Off-Campus Access: If you are off-campus, you must first go to the BSC Off-Campus User Login.
TitleFormatDatesSearch Guide
Academic OneFileOnlineVariesN/A
Academic Search PremierOnlineVariesEBSCOhost Tutorial
Criminal Justice AbstractsOnline1968-N/A
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text CollectionOnlineVariesN/A
Expanded Academic Index ASAPOnlineVariesN/A
JSTOROnlineVariesN/A
LexisNexis AcademicOnlineVariesN/A
National Criminal Justice Reference Service AbstractsOnline1972-N/A
Political Science CompleteOnlineVariesEBSCOhost Tutorial
PsycARTICLESOnline1985--EBSCOhost Tutorial
PsychINFOOnline1887-EBSCOhost Tutorial
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences CollectionOnline1887-EBSCOhost Tutorial
Science DirectOnlineVariesN/A
Social Work AbstractsOnline1977-EBSCOhost Tutorial
SocIndex with Full TextOnline1963-EBSCOhost Tutorial
Journals
To locate specific journals and newspapers, search the A-Z Journal and Newspaper Title List by title or subject category. This database includes a complete list of print, microform, and electronic full-text journals and newspapers available from Maxwell Library.

Periodicals in Sociology & Criminal Justice can be found on this page.
Citing Sources
Citation guides contain examples showing how to cite sources in APA, MLA, and Turabian style formats.
Selected Web Resources

Last Modified: January 4, 2010