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Criminal Justice

Features resources relevant for criminal justice, crime, juvenile crime, law enforcement, policing, and corrections.

OER

Click on the link below for Open Educational Resources for Criminal Justice:

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Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Need to select a research topic or find background information?  

The Reference Collection includes a variety of different sources, such as: subject-focused encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, maps/atlases, statistical compendiums, dictionaries, and more. Look here to find introductory articles on subject-related topics. The broad perspective offered by such articles often proves helpful for narrowing research topics before pursuing more in-depth information. 

This guide provides some recommendations for encyclopedias and other reference resources that might provide helpful information relating to your topic.

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Reference Databases

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Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Recommended Tests and Measures Databases

The following databases provide information that will help you identify psychological tests and measuring instruments.

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Statistics Databases

Several of the library's statistics databases are listed below. Please also refer to the Criminal Justice and Population Statistics websites listed under the Find Web Sites tab, where you will find links to the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), and U.S. Census.

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