Criminal Justice Research Guide
This research guide was written as an instructional handout for
several of my classes. Feel free to copy it, to use all of it or any
part of it.
Research Guides
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Handbooks
Yearbooks
Directories
Bibliographies
Atlases
RESEARCH GUIDES
- Benamati, Dennis C. Criminal Justice Information: How to Find It, How to Use It. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1998.
HV7419.5C75 1998 Reference Room
- Clark, Robert S. Fundamentals of Criminal Justice Research.
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1977.
HV6024.5 .C63
- Covering Criminal Justice: A Resource Guide. New York: Center on Crime, Communities and Culture, and Columbia Journalism Review, 1997.
KF9201.C68 1997 Journalism Library
- Definitive Guide to Criminal Justice and Criminology on the World Wide Web. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.
KF242.C72 D44 1999 Reference Room
- Haines, Gerald K. Unlocking the files of the FBI: A Guide to Its Records and Classification System.
Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1993.
HV8144.F43 H35 1993 Reference Room
- King, Roy D., ed. Doing Research on Crime and justice. Oxford: Oxford Univeristy Press, 2000.
HV6024.5 D65 2000 Reference Room
- Kurland, Daniel J. Internet Guide for Criminal Justice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1997.
HV7419.5.K87 1997
- Lutzker, Marilyn, and Ferrall, Eleanor. Criminal Justice
Research in Libraries: Strategies and Resources.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Z5703.4.C73 L87 1986
- Nelson, Bonnie R. Criminal Justice Research in Libraries and on the Internet. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Z5703.4.C73 N45 1997 Reference Room
- O'Block, Robert L. Criminal Justice Research Sources.
3rd ed. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson, 1992.
Z5703.4.C73 O24 1992 Referenece Room
- Theoharis, Athan G. The FBI: A Comprehensive Refernce Guide.
Phoenix: Oryx, 1999.
HV8144.F43 F35 1999 Reference Room
- Viano, Emilio, ed. Criminal Justice Research.
Lexington MA: Lexington Books, 1975.
HV8665.V5
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- American Justice. consulting editor Joseph M. Bessette.
Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1996.
KF154.A44 1996
- Bell, Suzanne. Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 2004.
HV8073 .B425 2004 Reference Room
- Crime: An Encyclopedia. London: Andre Deutsch, 1993.
HV6017.C97 1993
- Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia. ed. Frank Schmalleger and Gordon M. Armstrong. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
HV6789.C6884 1997 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Alcoholism. ed. Robert O'Brien and Morris
Chafetz. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 1991.
HV5035 .O27 1991
- Encyclopedia of American Crime. ed. Carl Sifakis.
2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
HV6789.S54 1982 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of American Prisons. ed. Marilyn D. McShane and Frank P. Williams III. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996.
HV9471.E425 1996 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Assassinations. rev. ed. New York: Facts on File,
2001.
HV6278.S54 2001 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
HV8694.G76 1998 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Child Abuse. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
HV6626.5.C57 2001 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. ed.Joshua Dressler. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002.
HV6017 .E52 2002 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. ed. Sanford H. Kadish. New York: Free Press, 1983.
HV6017.E52 1983
- Encyclopedia of Crimnology. ed. Richard A Wright and J. Mitchell Miller. New York: Routledge, 2005.
HV6017 .E5295 2005 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Criminology. ed. Vernon C. Branham and Samuel B. Kutash. New York: Philosophical Library, 1949.
HV6017.B8
- Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse. ed. Robert O'Brien and Sidney
Cohen. New York: Facts on File, 1984.
HV5804.O24 1984
- Encyclopedia of drug abuse. ed. Robert O'Brien and Sidney Cohen. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
HV5804 .E94 1992 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Gambling. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
HV6710.S54 1990
- Encyclopedia of genocide. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
HV6322.7 .E53 1999 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Detroit: MacMillan Reference, 2005.
HV6322.7 .E532 2005 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justiceed. Marilyn D. McShane and Frank P. Williams III. Tousands Oaks, CA.: Sage, 2003.
HV9104 .E58 2003 Reference Room
- Encyclopdedia of law Enforcement.ed. Larry E. Sullivan. Thousands Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications, 2005.
HV7921 .E53 2005 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Modern Murder, 1962-1982. ed. Colin
Wilson and Donald Seaman. New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1985.
HV6515.W53 1985
- Encyclopedia of Police Science. ed. William G. Bailey.
2nd ed. New York: Garland, 1995.
HV7901.E53 1995 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities ed. Mary Bosworth. Thousands oaks, CA.: Sage Publications, 2005.
HV9471 .E693 2005 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. New York: Berkley Books, 1995.
HV6515.L36 1995
- Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000.
HV6245.N49 2000 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace & Conflict.ed. Lester Kurtz. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999.
HM886 .E53 1999 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime. ed. Lawerence M. Salinger. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications, 2005.
HV6768 .E63 2005 Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of Women and Crime ed. Nicole Hahn Rafter. Phoenix, AZ.: Oryx Press, 2000.
HV6046 .E56 2000. Reference Room
- Encyclopedia of World Crime: Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Law Enforcement. ed. Jay Robert Nash. New York: Paragon House, 1992.
HV6017.E5425 1992 Reference Room
- FBI Most Wanted: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1989.
HV6787.N48 1989 Reference Room
- Great Pictorial History of World Crime. ed. Jay Robert Nash. Wilmette, IL.: History, Inc.: 2004.
HV6017 .G78 2004 Reference Room
- Guns in American Society: an encyclopedia of history. politics, culture, and the law. ed. Gregg Lee Carter. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
HV7436 .G8783 2002 Reference Room
- Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers.Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics Unlimited, 1990.
HV6499 .N49 1990
- International Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
HV6431 .I5456 1997 Reference Room
- The Mafia Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 1999.
HV6441.S53 1999
- Newton, Michael.The F.B.I. Encyclopedia. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2003.
HV8144 .F43 N48 2003 Reference Room
- Palmer, Louis J.Encyclopedia of DNA and the United States criminal justice system. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2004.
RA1057.55 .P34 2004 Reading Room
- Raising Hell: An Encyclopedia of Devil Worship and Satanic Crime. New York: Avon Books, 1993.
HV6529.N492 1993
- Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Prisons New York: Facts on File, 2003.
HV9471 .S54 2003 Reading Room
- Thompson, William Norman. Gambling in America: an Encyclopedia of history, issues, and society. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
GV1301 .T47 2001 Reference Room
- Violence in America: an Encyclopedia.ed. Ronald Gottesman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
HN90 .V5 V5474 1999
- World of Criminal Justice. ed. Shirelle Phelps. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002.
HV7411 .W67 2002 Reference Room
- World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Penal Systems. New York: Facts on File, 1989.
HV7901.K87 1989 Reference Room
- World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime. ed. Jay Robert Nash. New York: DeCapo Press, 1993.
HV6017.W67 1993
DICTIONARIES
- Anderson, Sean. Historical Dictionary of Terrorism. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
HV6431 .A537 2002
- Barnes, Patricia G. Congressional Quarterly's Desk Reference on American Criminal Justice. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001.
HV9950 .B364 2001 Reference Room
- Brenner, John C. Forensic Science: and illustrated dictionary. Boca, Raton, FL.: CRC Press, 2004.
HV8073 .B677 2004 Reference Room
- Champion, Dean J. The American Dictionary of Criminal Justice: Key terms and major court cases. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
HV7411 .C48 2005 Reference Room
- Companion to Murder: A Dictionary of Death by Poison, Death by Shooting, Death by Suffocation and Drowning, Death by the Strangler's Hand, 1900-1950, With a Note on the British Judicial System. New York: Knopf, 1961.
HV6945.S48 1961 LAW
- Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. Updated ed. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
HV7911.A1P55 2000
- Crime Dictionary. New York: Facts on File, 1988.
HV6025.D43 1988
- Criminal Justice and Criminology: concepts and terms. ed. James F. Anderson. Lanham, MD.: University Press of America, 2002.
HV7411 .C74 2002 Reference Room
- Dictionary of American Penology.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
HV9304.W54 1996 Reference Room
- Dictionary of Crime: Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Law Enforcement. New York: Paragon House, 1992.
HV6017.E5425 1992
- Herbst, Philip. Talking Terrorism: a Dictionary of the Loaded Language of Political Violence. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2003.
HV6431 .H455 2003 Reference Room
- Historical Dictionary of Terrorism. 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
HV6431.A537 2002 Reference Room
- Police Dictionary and Encyclopedia. Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1988.
HV7901.F39 1988
- Murder 'Whatdunit': An Illustrated Account of the Methods of Murder. London: Harrap, 1982.
HV6515.G38 1982b
- Murder Whereabouts. London: Harrap, 1986.
HV6515.G383 1986
- Roth, Mitchel P. Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001.
HV7903 .R67 2001 Reference Room
- Second Companion to Murder; A Dictionary of Death....1900-1950. New York: Knopf, 1962.
HV6945.S482 1962 LAW
- Women Serial and Mass Murderers: A Worldwide Reference, 1580-1990. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
HV6515.S44 1994
HANDBOOKS
- Atkins, Stephen.Terrorism: a Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1992.
HV6431 >A87 1992 Reference Room
- Barnes, Patricia.Congressional Quarterly's Desk Reference on American Criminal Justice. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001.
HV9950 .B364 2001 Reference Room
- Constitutional Criminal Procedure Handbook.
New York: Wiley, 1986.
KF9619.S56 1986 LAW
- Handbook of Federal Police and Investigative Agencies.
Wesport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
HV8138.T67 1985 LAW
- Handbook of Forensic Science.
Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1994.
J1.14/16: F76 /994 GIMSS
- Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
HV6446.H345 1994 Reference Room
- International Handbook of Violence Research. ed. Wilhelm Heitmeyer and John Hagan. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
HM886 .I566 2003 Reference Room
- The Oxford Handbook of Criminology.
3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
HV6025.O87 2002 Reference Room
- The School Violence Intervention Handbook.
New York: Guilford Press, 1997.
AHJ7026
- Statistical Handbook of Violence in America.
Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1996.
HN90.V5S833 1996
YEARBOOKS
- Criminology Review Yearbook.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications,
HV6001.C75
- NPPA JOURNAL / National Probation and Parole Association.
New York: The Association, 1955-.
HV6001.N11 B-ALF
DIRECTORIES
- Directory of Adult and Juvenile Correctional Departments, Institutions, Agencies, and Probation and Parole Authorities. Lanham, MD.: American Correctional Association, 2001.
HV9463 .A5 2001 Reference Room
- National Jail and Adult Detention Directory. College Park, MD: American Correctional Association, 2005.
HV9463.N37 Reference Room (Current Edition)
- National Directory of Law Enforcement Administrators, Correctional Institutions and Related Agencies.
Milwaukee, WI. National Police Chiefs and Sheriffs
Informational Bureau, 1994.
HV8130.N37 UGL (Current Edition)
- World Directory of Criminological Institutes. 6th ed.
Rome: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, 1995.
HV6024.5.W67 1995 Reference Room
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Abel, Ernest. Homicide: A Bibliography. New York:
Greenwood Press, 1987.
Z5703.4.M87 A24 1987
- Aday, Ron H. Crime and the Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography.
Westport,CT: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Z5703.4.A35 A33 1988
- Bailey, William G. Police Science, 1964-1984: A Selected
Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1986.
Z7164.P76 B34 1986
- Beirne, Piers. Comparative Criminology: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Z5703.B44 1991
- Best, Reba A. Computer Law and Software Protection: A Bibliography of Crime, Liability, Abuse, and Security, 1984-1992. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993.
K564.C6 A125 1993 Business/SPEA Library
- Cordasco, Francesco. Crime in America: Historical Patterns and
Contemporary Realities. New York: Garland, 1985.
Z5703.C67 1985
- Crime and Punishment in America:A Historical Bibliography.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1984.
Z5703.5.U5 C7 1984 Business/SPEA
- Davis, Bruce L. Criminological Bibliographies: Uniform Citations
to Bibliographies, Indexes, and Review
Articles of the Literature of Crime Study in the United States. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,1978.
Z5703.A1 D38
- Ende, Rudolf vom. Criminology and Forensic Sciences: An
International Bibliography, 1950-1980. New York: Saur, 1981-1982.
Z5703.E52 1981
- Felkenes, George T., and Becker, Hank K. 2nd ed. Law Enforcement: A
Selected Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
KF9201.F44
- Frasier, David K. Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century:
Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted or Accused Killers
Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1996.
HV6245.F74 1996 Reference Room
- Fremlin, Ronald H. Modern Judicial Administration: An Annotated
Bibliography. Reno, NV: National College of the
State Judiciary, 1973.
KF8700.A1 F87
- Harris, Robert L. Health and Crime Abstracts, 1960-1971.
Houston: University of Texas, 1972.
Z5118.C9 H32
- Hewitt, John D. Poole, Eric D., and Regoli, Robert M. Criminal
Justice in America, 1959-1984: An Annotated Bibliography.
New York: Garland, 1985.
Z5703.5.U5 H48 1985
- Huffmaster McConnell, E. and Moriarty, L. J. American Prisons: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
Z5703.4.P75 M33 1999 Reference Room
- Jerath, Bal K. and Rajinder Jerath. Homicide: A Bibliography. Ann Arbor: CRC Press, 1993.
Z5703.4.M87 J47 1993
- Kinton, Jack F. Criminology, Law Enforcement, and Offender
Treatment. Aurora, IL: Social Science and Sociological Resources, 1974.
Z5118.C9 K56 Reference Room
- Kinton, Jack F. Criminology Tomorrow: To Prevention and
Rehabilitation from Penology and Corrections. Aurora, IL
Social Science and Sociological Resources, 1974.
HV6028 .K56
- Klein, Fannie J. The Administration of Justice in the Courts: A
Selected Annotated Bibliography.
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1976.
KF8700.A1 K64 B-ALF
- Lakos, Amos. International Terrorism: A Bibliography.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1986.
Z7164.T3 L34 1986 Reference Room
- Lakos, Amos. Terrorism, 1980-1990: A Bibliography.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991.
Z7164.T3 L343 1991
- Matthews, Catherine J. Racism in the Criminal Justice System: A Bibliography. Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1995.
Z5703.4.C73 M32 1995
- McCold, Paul. Restorative Justice: An Annotated Bibliography.
Monsey, New York: Criminal Justice Press, 1997.
HV9275.R47 1997
- McConnell, Elizabeth Huffmaster. American Prisons: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Z5703.4.P75 M33 1999 Reference Room
- McDade, Thomas M. Annals of Murder: A Bibliography of Books
and Pamphlets on American Murders from Colonial Times to 1900.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961.
Z5118.C9 M18 Reference Room
- MacFarlane, Dianne, and Giuliani, Gary. Crime Prevention: A
Selected Bibliography.
Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1975.
Z5118.C9 M255
- McGehee, A. Lee. Police Literature: An Annotated
Bibliography.
Athens: Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 1970.
Z7164.P76 M14
- Marcus, Marvin, comp. Criminal Justice Bibliography. 2nd ed.
Decatur, GA: National Graphics, 1976.
KF9223.A1 M32
- Mickolus, Edward F. The Literature of Terrorism: A Selectively
Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
Z7164.T3 M53 Reference Room
- Mickolus, Edward F., and Flemming, Peter A. Terrorism, 1980-1987:
A Selectively Annotated Bibliography.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Z7164.T3 M54 1988 Reference Room
- Mickolus, Edward F. Terrorism, 1988-1991: a Chronology of events and a selectively annotated bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
HV6431 .M498 1993 Reference Room
- Mickolus, Edward F. Terrorism, 1992-1995: a Chronology of events and selectively annotated bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.
HV6431 .M499 1997 Reference Room
- Newton, Michael. Mass Murder: An Annotated Bibliography.
New York: Garland, 1988.
Z5703.4.M87 N49 1988 Reference Room
- Norton, Augustus R., and Greenberg, Martin H. International Terrorism: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1980.
Z7164.T3 N67
- Ontiveros, Suzanne Robitaille, ed. Global Terrorism: A
Historical Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1986.
Z7164.T3 G57 1986
- Prostano, Emanual T. Law Enforcement: A Selective
Bibliography. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1974.
Z7164.P76 P74 LAW
- Radelet, Michael L., and Vandiver, Margaret. Capital Punishment in
America: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1988.
Z5703.4.C36 R3 1988
- Radzinowicz, Leon, and Hood, Robert G. Criminology and the
Administration of Criminal Justice: A Bibliography.
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1976.
Z5118.C9 R3
- Ross, Lee E. African American Criminologists, 1970-1996: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Z5703.R668 1998
- Schmalleger, Frank. Criminal Justice Ethics: Annotated
Bibliography and Guide to Sources.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Z5703.4.C73 S36 1991
- Stearns, Lisa. Economic Crime: A Bibliography.
Stockholm: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, 1976.
HV6768.S842
- Suvak, D. Memoirs of American Prisons: An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
Z5703.5.U5 S9
- Tompkins, Dorothy. Court Organization and Administration: A
Bibliography.
Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1973.
KF8700.A1 T66
- Tompkins, Dorothy. Furlough from Prison.
Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1973.
Z5118.C9 T57
- Tompkins, Dorothy. The Prison and the Prisoner.
Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1972.
Z5118.C9 T665
- Tompkins, Dorothy. Sentencing the Offender: A Bibliography.
Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1971.
KF9685.A1 T66
- Watson, Robert I. The History of Psychology and the Behavioral
Sciences: A Bibliographic Guide. New York: Springer, 1978.
Z7201.W373 RR
- Whitehouse, Jack E. A Police Bibliography.
New York: AMS Press, 1980.
Z7164.P76 W45
- Wolfgang, Marvin E. Criminology Index: Research and Criminology
in the United States, 1945-1972.
New York: Elsevier, 1975.
Z5118.C9 W85 Reference Room
- Wright, A. J. Criminal Activity in the Deep South, 1700-1930: An
Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Z5703.5.U5 W7 1989
ATLASES
- Atlases of Crime: Mapping the Criminal Landscape. ed. Linda S. Turnball.
Phoenix, AR: Oryx Press, 2000.
HV6783 .A85 2000 Reading Room
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