Last Updated July 2000
To find books, government documents and other materials owned by Maag Library for Criminal Justice, search MaagNet , the library's online public access catalog (OPAC). MaagNet is searchable by subject, keyword, author or title. You may also search the OhioLINK Central Catalog for materials owned by other libraries in OhioLINK. To locate articles from newspapers, journals or magazines, see the sections below dealing with Indexes and Abstracts or Electronic Resources.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Ref. HV6789.S54 1982
The Encyclopedia of
American Crime. Provides detailed descriptions of various types
of crimes, explanations of con games and swindles, profiles of famous weapons,
stories of famous crimes, trials and hoaxes.
Ref. HB6441.S53 1987
The Mafia Encyclopedia
Provides a compelling look at the Mafia, tracing its development in America
in the late 19th century to its operations today.
Ref. HV6710.S54 1990
Encyclopedia of Gambling
Provides a
wealth of information on card, dice and casino games, the world's most
notorious gamblers, leading gambling systems and noted gambling halls.
Ref. HV6757.S57 1993
Hoaxes and scams:
a compendium of deception, ruses and swindles
Ref. HV6785.N48 1989
The FBI most wanted:
an encyclopedia
Ref. HV7901.E53
The Encyclopedia of
Police Science edited
by William G. Bailey
Ref. HV6025.D43 1988
Crime Dictionary
Ref. KFO 561.A29 O363 1996
Ohio Criminal Justice
Ref. Z5118.C9C74 (Last three
years in Reference)
Criminal Justice Periodical
Index Author and subject index to more than 130 journals relevant
to criminal justice.
Per. HV6001.C67 (Last three
years in Reference)
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Contains in depth abstracts of current books, journal articles, dissertations
and reports published worldwide.
Per. HV6001.C74 (Last three
years on Index Table in Reference)
Criminology, Penology
and Police Science Abstracts An
international abstracting service which covers the etiology of crime and
juvenile delinquency, the control and treatment of offenders, criminal
procedures and administration of justice and police science.
Ref. Z5118.C9W64
Criminology Index
A central source of detailed references to virtually every significant
article and book relating to the etiology of crime and delinquency published
from 1945 to 1992.
Ref.AI3.S62
Social Sciences Index
A cumulative
index to English language periodicals. The main body of the Index consists
of author and subject entries to periodicals in the fields of anthropology,
family studies, sociology, urban studies and related topics.
Ref.HM1.S67
Sociological Abstracts
A collection of non-evaluative abstracts reflecting the world's literature
in sociology and related disciplines including anthropology. This Abstract
contains an author, subject and source index. Also available online through
Firstsearch (authorization and password required-ask at reference Desk).
OhioLINK Research Databases
ISI Citation Indexes / Social Science Citation Index is a multi disciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines.
Lexis-Nexis Universe is an extensive full-text database providing access to current news stories, legal news & analysis, federal case law, the U.S. Code, Constitution, &Court Rules, and state legal research.
PsycINFO
contains citations and abstracts
published between 1967 to the present in the field of psychology and related
behavioral and social sciences. PsycINFO incudes English language summaries
and citations from over 1,300 journals published from 45 countries. This
database is searchable by author, title, journal title, text word and subject.
Additionally, access to
older references is available in Historical
PsycINFO, 1887-1966.
Sirs Researcher (Social Issues Resources) provides thousands of full-text articles from more than 1200 newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications.
Maag Library's Government Documents homepage has many listings for resources in the Criminal Justice field. Some of these are the following:
Ref. HV8130.J44 1992
The Jeffers Directory
of Law Enforcement Officials edited by H. Paul Jeffers Divided
into 5 sections: Municipal police, sheriffs and county police, special
police, state law enforcement agencies and federal law enforcement agencies.
Sections 1-4 are arranged alphabetically by state. The Federal law enforcement
agencies are listed alphabetically by name of the federal agency. There
is also an alphabetical agency index.
Ref. HV8130.N37 1992/1993
National Directory
of Law Enforcement Administrators and Correctional Institutions
Govt Docs J28.20:
Directory of Criminal
Justice Information Sources
Ref. HV7245.N37b
Sourcebook of Criminal
Justice Statistics, annual. A compilation of criminal justice and
related statistics available from the publications of a variety of governmental
and private agencies. Also available on web at http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/.
Ref. HV6787.A3
Uniform crime reports
for the United States, annual. Also available from the FBI homepage
(http://www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm)
Ref. HV6787.C75 1994
Crime State Rankings
1994: crime in the 50 United States
Ref. HA214.S73 1998
A Statistical Portrait
of the United States: Social Conditions and Trends
Miscellaneous
Ref. HV9950.Y68 2000
Your Criminal Justice
Career: A Guidebook
Ref. HV7240.C68 2000
Covering Criminal
Justice: A resource Guide for Journalists
Govt Docs J 28.14/2:
NCJRS Catalog: Publications
and Services
Selected List of Criminal Justice Periodicals Available:
North American Journal
of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
American Journal of Police
Crime and Delinquency
Criminal Justice and
Behavior
Criminology
Deviant Behavior
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
Law and Order
Police Chief
Prison Journal
Security Management
Last Updated July 2000