Criminal Justice Research Guide
Library Databases for Criminal Justice Research
- Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
- Indexes many journals and publications for both scholars and practitioners in the field of criminal justice. Some full-text content is available in this database; sometimes content must be sought in other online databases, print journals in the library, and through interlibrary loan.
- SocIndex with Full Text
- Indexes and provides full-text access to peer-reviewed criminology and sociology journals.
- Academic Search Premier
- A good general-interest database which includes both scholarly journals and newsmagazines with articles about a variety of topics.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic
- The legal research section contains law reviews, legal journals, federal and state codes, and case law.
- CQ Researcher
- Contains topically oriented reports written about a single theme related to timely issues in the news.
- Medline
- Search for specific medical terms related to law enforcement —forensics, DNA, abuse, etc.
Criminal Justice Web Links
General Criminal Justice Links
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- AJAX
- United States and International Government, Military, and Intelligence Access
- American Society of Criminology
- Arrest the Racism: Racial Profiling in America
- from the ACLU
- ATF: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
- ATF: Arson and Explosives National Repository
- Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Crime Theory.com
- for criminology
- Criminal Justice Cybrary
- Criminal Justice Links
- Criminal Justice Megalinks
- Criminal Justice Resources Page
- from John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Cybercrime.gov
- Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Division of the DOJ
- DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration
- Department of Homeland SecurityDEA: Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FBI Laboratory
- FBI: Uniform Crime Report
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Justnet
- from the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
- National Crime Information Center
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- National Institute of Justice
- New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
- New Hampshire Dept. of Corrections
- TraCCC
- Transnational Crime & Corruption Center
Forensics
Policing
- Officer.com
- Office of Law Enforcement Standards
- from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Police Dog Homepage
- Police Foundation.org
- PoliceOne.com
Criminal Justice Statistics
Please also check out our Law links from the Law and Legal Subject Page
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