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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