Research Guides: School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy (SUAPP): Criminology &amp; Criminal Justice

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Recommended Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Indexes a wide variety of journals, dissertations, and government reports in many social sciences fields, including political science, human environment studies, sociology, criminology, women's studies, law, public affairs, and more.
Criminal Justice Collection
Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals.
FBI Records: The Vault
FBI reports requested under the Freedom of Information Act that have been in the news or are frequently requested. The Vault is our new electronic reading room, containing 6,700 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies
HeinOnline Criminal Justice Journals
Collection of 90 criminal justice journals. Search by article title, author, subject, state or country published, full text, and narrow by date. Coverage: varies.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
Hundreds of reports, statistics, & policies on juvenile justice.
Salem Science
Salem Science is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets. Purchasing printed reference delivers online access at no additional cost. The University of Memphis has selected titles in these collections.

Statistics Databases

Bureau of Justice Statistics
BJS collects, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
Hundreds of reports, statistics, & policies on juvenile justice.
Proquest Statistical Insight
ProQuest Statistical Insight are online collections of descriptive abstracts of thousands of statistical publications from Federal agencies, state agencies and private sector organizations, and international intergovernmental organizations
Statista
Easily access statistics and produce graphs for millions of statistics in business, entertainment, health, social sciences, and government.

U.S. Federal Government Statistics

Professional Organizations

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Dedicated to criminal justice research, education and policy analysis.
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Multi-disciplinary organization that promotes the application of science to the legal system.
American Correctional Association
The oldest non-profit combining the talents of all professionals to influence the improvement of the justice system.
American Probation & Parole Association
The APPA is an international association composed of members from the United States, Canada and other countries actively involved with pretrial, probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both criminal and juvenile justice arenas.
American Society of Criminology
An international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice
The NABCJ consists of criminal justice professionals such as those in law enforcement, institutional and community corrections, courts, social services, academia, religious and other community-based interests as well as criminal justice students and community leaders.

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