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Search the PVAMU Libraries Online Catalog for "criminal justice" or "juvenile justice". You'll find useful statistics and background information in these books, which are located on the first floor of the library in the Reference department:
- Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States REF HV6787.A3
- Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report REF JK1.C15
- CQ Researcher REF H35.E35
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice REF HV6017.E52 1983
John B. Coleman Library Catalog
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Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Corrections
Criminal Investigation
Criminal Justice, Administration of
Criminal Procedure
Evidence, Criminal
Juvenile Justice, Administration of
Texas Family Code PDF files
Chapter 51 General Provisions
Chapter 52 Proceedings Before and Including Referrral to Juvenile court
Chapter 53 Proceedings Prior to Judicial Proceedings
Chapter 54 Judicial Proceedings
Chapter 58 Records; Juvenile Justice Information System
Chapter 61 Rights and Responsibilities of Parents and Other Eligible Persons
Databases and Indexes (All accessible through the Library Home Page)
www.pvamu.edu/library
Criminal Justice Periodicals (1981-present; total titles covered: 190)
ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodical Index (CJPI) is a comprehensive database on virtually any criminal justice topic, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. The database offers ASCII text, Adobe Acrobat (.PDF), and Text+Graphics coverage for ~50 of the scholarly journals, popular magazines, and journals of commentary most frequently accessed by criminal justice researchers with complete indexing and abstracts for ~140 other relevant U.S. and international journals updated on a daily basis.
EBSCOHost includes:
Academic Search Complete is the world’s largest and most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database with >5.3K full-text periodicals, including ~4.4K peer-reviewed journals. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for >9.3K journals and a total of 10.9K publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Updated daily.
EJS E-Journals provides article-level access for ~10K E-Journals available through EBSCO's Electronic Journal Service (EJS) with links directly to publishers' content.
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) includes bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) for >1.2MM items including journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials indexed from 1996 to date and full text of >2.2K digests with references and citations and abstracts from >1K educational and education-related journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Humanities International Index is a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities providing cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for >2K and contains >2MM records.
Legal Collection (1965-date) provides information centered on the legal and law-related disciplines such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment and more from a collection of respected, scholarly peer-reviewed publications including full text for >250 of the world’s best law journals, documents, and case studies. Indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection and the majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF.
Professional Development Collection is the world’s most comprehensive collection of full text education journals with a highly specialized collection of ~550 high quality education journals, including >350 peer-reviewed titles and >200 educational reports.
PsychARTICLES (1894 to date) is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology with >100K full-text articles from 59 journals including 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and allied organizations.
PsycCRITIQUES, also produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), is an electronic serial of book reviews featuring full text reviews of current scholarly and professional books, popular films, and trade books in psychology.
PsycINFO (1887-date) contains ~2.3 MM citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines with 97% of the covered material being peer-reviewed. Journal coverage (1887-date) includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in >25 languages.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database providing ~550 full text publications, including >500 peer-reviewed journals. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection.
SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database with >1.9 MM records with subject headings from a 19.3K term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, 150 "priority" coverage journals, >720 books and monographs, and >6.7K conference papers.
Texas Reference Center includes biographies and newspapers containing Texas and national news coverage and >80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic and cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business, and other topics.
HeinOnline
HeinOnline is a web-based subscription service allowing researchers to browse or fully search libraries containing >1.2K older law reviews and other legal materials in an image-based (PDF) format, meaning that they provide exact page images and researchers can view all pages as they originally appeared in hardcopy--including all charts, graphs, and photographs! Coverage is from the first issue published for all periodicals and goes through the most-currently published issues allowed based on contracts with publishers. Searching can be done by title or author name, as well as full-text searching of the collection or select periodicals. Date ranges may also be entered to narrow search results.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database (1972-date; >185K publications)
The searchable National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database contains abstracts (not full-text documents) of >185,000 criminal justice publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, and victims of crime. Most documents published since 1995 by NCJRS sponsoring agencies -- the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, all part of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy -- are available in full-text online. When the full-text is available online, a link is included with the abstract.
National Organization for Research (NORC)
NORC is a University of Chicago-based national research organization which conducts national studies and projects across local, regional, and international perspectives. NORC's Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Criminal Justice Department conducts evaluation and survey research aimed at broadening our understanding of the social conditions related to substance abuse, mental health, and crime and the impact of public policy focused on these issues.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database (PQDT) is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses and the database of record for graduate research, with >2.3MM dissertations and theses included from around the world. The database includes bibliographic citations for materials dating from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Dissertations published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. The full text of >1 MM titles is available in paper and microform formats and >750K are available for download in PDF format. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and >60K new citations are added to the database annually.
Sage Publications Criminology (23 titles; coverage varies by title)
Sage Publications' Criminology Full-Text collection includes the full-text of 23 core journals (>5.5K articles with some dating back to 1984) published by SAGE and participating societies covering such subjects as criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence. The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) with links to the appropriate full-text of each journal article in PDF format. Updated monthly.
WESTLAW Campus
West publishes case law from the state and federal courts, case law digests, statutes, textbooks, treatises and other law-related materials. WESTLAW Campus includes American Jurisprudence 2d (a comprehensive encyclopedia of state and federal law); American Law Reports (has attorney-written articles analyzing case law on a particular legal issue); 50 states’ and federal cases; statutes from 50 states and federal statutes (U.S.C.A.); federal regulations published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; law reviews and legal journals and other materials. Case law, statutes, regulations, and articles can be retrieved using their legal citations or searched using either a natural language or terms and connectors (Boolean logic) method.
Helpful Websites
Criminal Justice Resources on the Web
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cj.html
Comprehensive site for criminal justice related Internet resources. Provides links to diverse sources such as law databases, federal criminal justice agencies, police agencies, criminal justice information systems and statistics, juvenile delinquency, prisons, discussion groups, electronic journals, court decisions, and international criminal justice sources on topics such as drug and alcohol abuse, civil rights, due process, juvenile delinquency, crime statistics, and prisons.
Justice Information Center of the NCJRS
http://www.ncjrs.org
This site is a service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. It has information on corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs and crime, international justice issues, justice grants, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research and evaluation, and resources for crime victims. The site is searchable, and also links to conferences, related sites, and a catalog of NCJRS publications.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is a special topic archive of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. NACJD acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to electronic criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD Web site provides downloadable access to hundreds of criminal justice data collections free of charge.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
http://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) offers extensive reference and referral services to help researchers find answers to questions about crime and justice-related research, policy, and practice. Its Search Questions & Answers www.ncjrs.gov/App/QA/SearchQA.aspx permits researchers to access hundreds of questions related to juvenile and criminal justice, victim assistance, drug policy, and NCJRS services. Registering on the site gives access to: JUSTINFO (a bi-weekly electronic newsletter that includes links to full text publications, notices of upcoming trainings and conferences, funding announcements, and other resources); E-mail notifications (periodic messages about new publications and resources that match specific areas of interest); The Justice Resource Update (a quarterly publication that highlights NCJRS Partner Agency announcements); and Listserv invitations (researchers can subscribe to topical listservs based on their specific interests).
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. 600 tables from >100 sources provide statistical data on criminal justice systems, numbers of criminal offenses and reports of victims of crimes, public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice topics, persons arrested, judicial processing of defendants in the courts, and persons under correctional jurisdiction.
Uniform Crime Reports (on FBI website)
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Crime in the United States (CIUS) is an annual publication in which the FBI compiles volume and rate of crime offenses for the nation, the states, and individual agencies. This report also includes arrest, clearance, and law enforcement employee data. Special studies, reports, and monographs prepared using data mined from the UCR's large database are published annually with information about the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), UCR Frequently Asked Questions, and UCR Incident Specific Questions also being available on this site.
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) -- County Data
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/crime
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program collects data on certain offenses, termed Part I offenses, reported to law enforcement in order to measure the level and scope of crime occurring throughout the U.S. This data collection consists of 4 county-level data files: The first three provide arrests for Part I offenses (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson) and for Part II offenses (forgery, fraud, embezzlement, vandalism, weapons violations, sex offenses, drug and alcohol abuse violations, gambling, vagrancy, curfew violations, and runaways). The 4th file provides reported offenses (as opposed to arrests) for Part I crimes only.
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