Subject Guide: Criminology / Albert S. Cook Library

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Article Databases (10 items)

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Major Databases

·		Criminal Justice About
·		NCJRS Virtual Library About
·		SocINDEX with Full Text About

Other Databases:

·		Academic Search [Ebsco] About
·		LexisNexis Academic About
·		Social Science Abstracts About

Other Electronic Resources:

·		Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice About
·		Encyclopedia of Everyday Law About
·		Gangs: a Reference Handbook. 2nd ed. About
·		Sage Reference Online About

Web Sites (6 items)

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·	Bureau of Justice Statistics - Department of Justice Statistics Division; includes statistics on crime and victims, criminal offenders, law enforcement, courts, prosecution, expenditures, corrections, and the social and economic fa
·	Cecil Greek's Criminal Justice Links - Links to agencies, crime prevention, juvenile justice, forensics, police, the courts, drug and alcohol, obscenity, and more.
·	Fedstats - A one-stop location on the web for statistics produced by over 70 federal agencies.
·	Justice Information Center (NCJRS) - Includes documents, web sites, listservs, contacts, publications, press releases, etc., on the topics of: corrections, courts, crime prevention, statistics, drugs and crime, international, juvenile ju
·	Mega Links in Criminal Justice - Collection of criminal justice sites including police, courts, research, corrections, associations, journals, and discussion.
·	NCJRS Abstracts Database - Comprehensive site which includes the categories: criminal justice agencies, US and international criminal justice information, crime prevention, juvenile justice, drug and alcohol, police resources,

Selected Journals (0 items)

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Subject Guide: Criminology / Albert S. Cook Library
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/getResourcesBySubject.cfm?subjectID=49
Last revised: September 15, 2009

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