Suggested databases for articles from journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers:
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Statistics and Research Reports
Violence
Drugs and Crime
Policing and Law Enforcement
Corrections and Prisions
Juvenile Justice
Criminology and Criminal Behavior
Ethics in Criminal Justice
Criminal Law
Statistics and Research Reports
Sample ebrary book:
But Is It Racial Profiling? 2007
Sample CQ Researcher reports:
Wrongful Convictions, 2009.
Prisoner Reentry, 2009
Fighting Crime, 2008
Prosecutors and the Law, 2007
Online information resources:
Offers Statistics on Corrections, courts, crime, crime
prevention, drugs, justice system, juvenile justice, law
enforcement, and victims.
NCJRS – National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Compiled by the Utilization of Criminal Justice Statistics Project
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Offers Statistics on Crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the
operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Information on Youth Violence
Offers crime statistics for the nation.
Statistics and Research from the Executive Office of Public Safety and
Security.
Violence
Sample book:
Immigration and crime, 2006
Sample ebray books:
Raising the Bar : Preventing Aggression in and around Bars, Pubs and Clubs, 2008.
Women and Violence, 2008
Sample videos:
Violence and dating,2007
Manhood & violence, 2003
Sample CQ Researcher reports:
Domestic Violence, 2006
Gang Crisis, 2004.
Gun Rights Debates, 2008
Gun Violence, 2007
Hate Groups, 2009
Online information resources:
Preventing violence committed by and against young people.
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking.
Violence Against Women - the U.S. Department of Justice.
Gang Violence
NCJRS -
Responding to gangs: Evaluation and Research (pdf)- U.S. Department of Justice, 2002
Office of Community Policing Services (COPS)- U.S. Dept. of Justice. Free full-text bulletins and reports
Hate crimes
Drugs and crime
(Keywords for research: Drugs of abuse, Drug abuse, Drug abuse and crime)
Sample book:
Federal narcotics laws and the war on drugs, 2006
Sample ebray books:
Adolescent Drug-Crime Relationship : Desistence and Gateway Theories Across User Levels, 2007.
Prisoner Reentry and the Life Course : The Role of Race and Drugs, 2006
Sample CQ Researcher reports:
War on Drugs, 2006
Preventing Teen Drug Use, 2002.
Methamphetamine, 2005
Legalizing Marijuana, 2009
Marijuana Laws, 2005
Online information resources:
Drug law enforcement, illegal substances (club), cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine), legal substances (alcohol, prescription drugs), policy, prevention and education, substance abuse indicators, testing and treatment
Policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program
Office of National Drug Control Policy – ONDCP
Drug Reports from the Office of Community Policing Services.
Policing and Law Enforcement
(Keywords for research: Police , Police social work, Police administration, Law enforcement)
Sample books:
Police officer's handbook, 2008
World police encyclopedia, 2006
Trade publication:
The Police Chief
Sample ebray books:
Policing Critical Incidents : Leadership and Critical Incident Management, 2008.
Intelligence-Led Policing, 2008.
Police Organizational Cultures and Patrol Practices, 2006.
But Is It Racial Profiling? : Policing, Pretext Stops, and the Color of Suspicion, 2007
Sample CQ Researcher reports:
Policing the Police, 2000
Fighting Crime, 2008.
Online information resources:
For free full-text bulletins and reports.
Crime Mapping, Geography & Public Safety:
Office of Community Policing Services (COPS)
Corrections and Prisons
(Keywords for research: Corrections, Prison administration, Life imprisonment, Imprisonment, Prisoners, Prisons, Probation, Alternatives to imprisonment, Juvenile corrections)
Sample books:
Private prisons in America