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Criminal Justice Resources


Reference Books in Criminal Justice


American Sociological Association Style Guide on reserve behind the circulation desk

Crime State Rankings a comparison of the 50 states in more than 500 crime related categories
Ref HV6787 C77 2008 & 2007

Crime Classification Manual "...classifies the characteristics of the perpetrators and victims of major crimes"
Ref HV6253 .C75 2006

Crime in Maine published by the Dept. of Public Safety
Ref HV 6793 .M3 C74 1998 (latest is on the web)

Crime in the United States ...this collection of the nation's criminal justice statistics was formerly published by the FBI.
Ref HV 6787 .A32 2008

Dictionary of Criminal Justice includes over 3,600 definitions and summaries of key Supreme Court rulings affecting criminal justice
Ref HV 7411 .R87 2003

Encyclopedia of Gangs
Ref HV6439 .U5 E53 2008

Encyclopedia of Juvenile Violence
Ref HF9014 .E59 2007

Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement examines all facets of law enforcement at the local and state, national and federal, and international levels
Ref HV 7921 .E53 2005 v. 1-3

Encyclopedia of Police Science one of the most up to date references on policing, the 'see also' references are invaluable
Ref HV 7901 .E53 2007 v. 1-2

Encyclopedia of White-Collar Crime 120 entries covering the major cases, corporations, organizations, and key players
Ref HV 6768 .E65 2007

Great Jobs for Criminal Justice Majors
Ref HV 8143 >335 2001

Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement
Ref HV 7903 .R67 2001

Maine Criminal Statutes
Ref KFM 561 .A3 .M3 2008-09

Maine Law Enforcement Officer's Manual
REF KFM 575 F47 2008

Opportunities in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Careers
Ref HV 8143 .S86 2003

 


 

Where do I find articles?


The Criminal Justice Periodicals database is a: "comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security"
Proquest Direct  
EBSCOhost
 Academic Search Premier is one of many databases worth searching
CQ Researcher  reports with in-depth analysis of issues in the news
FirstSearch covers databases that index journals, dissertations, and Worldcat (OCLC's catalog of books and other material)
MARVEL!
databases and full text reference books provided free to all Maine citizens. Some of what is here is also covered in the database providers listed above.
 

Search the Criminal Justice database here:

ProQuest 
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*most databases require passwords and ID's, see library staff for access

Where do I find books?

Minerva CMCC's online catalog

Maine Cat The statewide library catalog
Library of Congress
e-Books CMCC subscribes to over 300 current titles through NetLibrary *password and ID required, see library staff


Selected web resources

Bureau of Prisons official website of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Bureau of Justice Statistics the United States primary source for criminal justice statistics

Crime in Maine 2006 Statistics compiled by the State of Maine Department of Public Safety

JUSTNET Justice Technology Information Network

Maine Criminal Code The Maine Criminal Code is found in Title 17-A of the Maine Revised Statutes, also, many crimes are defined outside the Code.

Maine Dept. of Corrections

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) "facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources and through the production of original research"

NIJ Home | National Institute of Justice NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice

NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service offers justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States displayed in over 1,000 tables

Uniform Crime Reports crime statistics compiled by the FBI

United Nations interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) international coverage of topics related to crime prevention and criminal justice

 

What are Scholarly Sources of Information?



 You've found results in some databases, now how do you Evaluate results.pdf
This chart displays the differences between publication types Types of periodicals.pdf

 

Your Library Card

Your library card is your CMCC ID.  Student Services will print your CMCC ID.  Bring your ID to the library, where we will activate your card.

Borrowing Material

Your active library card allows you to check out material at CMCC, Auburn Public Library, and Lewiston Public Library.  Our loan policies are listed on our website: Circulation Services and Procedures Material can also be requested through Minerva or MaineCat, and shipped to CMCC

Interlibrary Loan

Valerie Frechette handles interlibrary loans.  She can order any material for you that can not be requested through online catalogs, or downloaded from a database

 

Managing citations and writing your paper


Tip: create your citations as you collect research material, and save your list in Noodlebib. This will make creating your in-text citations a breeze. Don't make creating your bibliography the last thing you do in the research process, it takes twice as much time.

Noodlebib creates references in APA and MLA formats, *password and ID required, see library staff

ASA formatting tips from The OWL at Perdue tips on American Sociological Association style

 

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