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Criminal Justice Resources

Content developed by:
Rui Wang, Reference Librarian/
Social Science Bibliographer
Phone: (989) 774-4218
E-mail:wang1r@cmich.edu

Last Updated: 2/18/08

 

Background Information - Reference Books in the Library

Encyclopedias:

  • Crime and the justice system in American: an encyclopedia (REF HV6789 .C6884 1997)
  • Encyclopedia of law enforcement / Larry Sullivan, general editor.; Law:NON-CIRC. ; HV7921 .E53 2005
  • Encyclopedia of American prisons REF HV9471 .S54 2003
  • Concise encyclopedia of crime and criminals (REF HV6017 .S35)
  • Encyclopedia of criminology and deviant behavior REF HV6017 .E53 2001
  • Encyclopedia of American crime REF HV 6789 .S54 2001
  • Encyclopedia of crime and justice.REF HV6017 .E52 2002
  • Encyclopedia of women and crime HV 6046 .E56 2000
  • Guns in American society : an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law HV7436 .G8783 2002
  • Prisons and prison systems : a global encyclopedia HV8665 .R67 2006

Dictionaries:

  • American dictionary of criminal justice : key terms and major court cases / Dean John Champion.; Reference:NON-CIRC. ; HV7411 .C48 2005
  • American dictionary of criminal justice REF HV6768 .E63 2005
    Anderson's directory of criminal justice education : including criminology, law and justice related programs (REF HV7419.5 .N46 1986)
  • Concise dictionary of crime and justice HV6017 .D38 2002
  • Cops, crooks, and criminologists : an international biographical dictionary of law enforcement / Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, with Kurt Kemper REF HV7911.A1 A94 2000
  • FBI encyclopedia HV 8144 .F43 N48 2003

Others:

  • Crime and punishment in America : a historical bibliography (REF Z5703.5.U5 C7 1984)
  • Criminal justice ethics : annotated bibliography and guide to sources (REF Z5703.4.C73 S36 1991)
  • Data collections available from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (REF HV7245 .N38x)
  • Dictionary of American criminal justice : key terms and major supreme Court cases (REF HV7411 .C53 1998t)
  • Dictionary of criminology (REF HV6949.E5 D5 1983)
  • Handbook of federal police and investigative agencies (REF HV8138 .T67 1985)
  • Sourcebook Of Criminal Justice Statistics (GOV J 29.9/6:)
  • U.S. criminal justice interest groups : institutional profiles (REF HV9950 .H35 1993)
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