LibGuides: Criminal Justice : Reference Sources

Reference Sources

SAGE Dictionary of Criminology by Eugene McLaughlin (Editor); John Muncie (Editor)
Call Number: HV6017 .S24 2006
Publication Date: 2005
The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice by Mark S. Davis
Publication Date: 2002
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Dictionary of Policing by Tim Newburn (Editor); Peter Neyroud (Editor)
Call Number: HV8195.A2 D53 2008eb
Publication Date: 2009
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Dictionary of Terrorism by John Richard Thackrah
Call Number: HV6431 .T56 2004
Publication Date: 2004
Available as print and eBook

The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by Jay S. Albanese (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780470670286
Publication Date: 2014-01-28
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Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by David Weisburd (Editor); Gerben Bruinsma (Editor)
ISBN: 1461456916
Publication Date: 2013-10-11
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Crime and Punishment in America by Laura L. Finley (Editor)
Publication Date: 2016
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World of Criminal Justice by Shirelle Phelps (Editor)
ISBN: 9780787649593
Publication Date: 2001-09-12
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Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement by Larry E. Sullivan (Editor); Marie Simonetti Rosen (Editor); M. R. Haberfeld (Editor); Dorothy Moses Schulz (Editor)
ISBN: 9780761926498
Publication Date: 2004-12-15
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Encyclopedia of Criminology by J. Mitchell Miller (Editor); Richard A. Wright (Editor)
Call Number: HV6017 .E5295 2005
Publication Date: 2005
The Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory and Concepts by Avi Brisman (Editor); Eamonn Carrabine (Editor); Nigel South (Editor)
Call Number: HV6018 .R686 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Encyclopedia of Police Science by Jack Raymond Greene (Editor)
Call Number: HV7901 .E53 2007
Publication Date: 2006
World Police Encyclopedia by Michael J. Palmiotto (Editor); Dilip K. Dass; Das K. Das; Dilip K. Das (Editor)
Call Number: HV7901 .W64 2006
Publication Date: 2005

Corrections by William J. Chambliss (Editor); J. Geoffrey Golson (Editor); Golson Books, Ltd. Staff
ISBN: 9781412978569
Publication Date: 2011-05-03
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Juvenile Crime and Justice by William J. Chambliss (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412978583
Publication Date: 2011-05-03
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Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation by Eoghan Casey
ISBN: 9780123742674
Publication Date: 2009-10-26
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Handbook for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Systems by James C. Howell
ISBN: 9780739187098
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
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The Handbook of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice by Marvin D. Krohn (Editor); Jodi Lane (Editor)
ISBN: 9781118513231
Publication Date: 2015-04-27
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Oxford Handbook of Criminology by Mike Maguire (Editor); Rod Morgan (Editor); Robert Reiner (Editor)
Call Number: HV6025 .O87 2012
ISBN: 9780199590278
Publication Date: 2012-05-23
Handbook of Correctional Mental Health by Charles L. Scott (Editor)
Call Number: RC451.4.P68 H356 2010
ISBN: 9781585623891
Publication Date: 2009-10-06
How to Work with Sex Offenders by Rudy Flora; Michael L. Keohane
Call Number: HV6556 .F58 2013
ISBN: 9780415523325
Publication Date: 2013-08-09
Women and Crime by Judith Ann Warner
Call Number: HV6046 .W367 2012
ISBN: 9781598844238
Publication Date: 2012-02-01

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
The print version of the Sourcebook was published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics from 1973 to 2003. It aimed to be the most comprehensive compilation of criminal justice statistics in the United States. It is available here in the HeinOnline database. Related material is available at the Internet Archive. For more recent statistics, see BJS.gov.
FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
National Institute of Justice
Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) - Crime Statistics
Campus Safety and Security (U.S. Dept. of Ed.)
Homeland Security Digital Library
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation’s premier collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Includes a broad range of domestic and international crime statistics and policy information.

Understanding Crime Statistics by James P. Lynch (Editor); Lynn A. Addington (Editor)
Call Number: HV6787 .U52 2007
ISBN: 9780521862042
Publication Date: 2006-12-04
Interpreting Crime Statistics by Monica Walker
Call Number: HV6946 .I57 1995
ISBN: 0198523068
Publication Date: 1995-06-29
Kansas Quarterly Crime Statistics by Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Call Number: HV6793.K3 K37
Publication Date: Quarterly
Crime in the United States 2013 by Shana Hertz-Hattis (Editor)
ISBN: 9781598886238
Publication Date: 2013-03-01
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Firearm violence, 1993-2011 by Michael Planty, and Jennifer L. Truman
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Hate crime, 2003-2009 by Lynn Langton and Michael Planty.
Publication Date: 2011
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Bank Crime Statistics (BCS) by United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Call Number: J 1.14/2: C 86/18/
Publication Date: Annual
Crime, prisons, and jails by Melissa J. Doak
ISBN: 9781414433813
Publication Date: 2009-10-02
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Use of victim service agencies by victims of serious violent crime, 1993-2009 by Lynn Langton
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Workplace violence, 1993-2009 National Crime Victimization Survey and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries by Erika Harrell
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Over 400 reference titles from over 70 publishers covering every major subject. Seamless searching of Credo Reference sources, the WSU Libraries Catalog, and other Libraries subscribed databases.
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