Research Guides: Criminal Justice: Overview

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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Access articles addressing criminal justice, forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law, and investigation topics.
Criminal Justice (Gale OneFile)
First stop for articles, books, news, and images on law, law enforcement, terrorism, paralegal service, homeland security, forensic science, crime scene investigation, policy development, and more.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Resources for criminal justice & related subjects from government agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Use the Topics tab to explore various subjects.
Library Search - Advanced
Search for books and articles. Add subject filters such as "criminal justice", "criminology", or "criminal law" to narrow results.
Hein Online
Fulltext legal resources. Browse databases in Criminal Justice & Criminology, including journals, Department of Justice publications, congressional hearings, Supreme Court briefs, and more.
Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database, use subject filters such as "criminal justice system" or "criminology" to filter results.

Sage Data
Data from many different sources, with the ability to browse Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement as a Subject
ICPSR
Archive of digital analysis-ready social science data in multiple software formats including SPSS, SAS, and Stata. Includes data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD).
Statista
Statistics & studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, etc., with the ability to view 'Crime and Law Enforcement' as an Industry.

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Bureau of Justice Statistics
The primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice. Use to access statistics on a wide variety of criminal justice topics, such as corrections, courts, victims, crime types, and law enforcement.
FBI Crime Data Explorer
Interactive online tool to use an extensive amount of Uniform Crime Data (UCR). Access criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data. Includes visualizations and downloadable data.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Detailed statistical reports of inmate demographics can be found in 'Executive Administrative Services'.
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
Generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement and has been providing crime statistics since 1930. Includes Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted. Updated yearly.

The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society
Read overviews on topics in the criminal justice field, such as social theories, inequalities, modes of punishment, and contemporary issues.
Research Handbook of Comparative Criminal Justice
Covers criminal justice topics globally.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
Provides definitions and overviews of criminal justice topics. Use the Reader's Guide to explore various subjects.
Understanding Criminal Justice: Sociological Perspectives
Use to look at formal responses to crime and efforts to regulate crime through law, courts, policing, and corrections and how these impact society.

Domestic Policy
Find scholarly sources, policy papers, data, and U.S. bills and laws