Materials in Feinberg and other Libraries

Suggested Reference Materials

The American dictionary of criminal justice : key terms and major court cases / 2005 Ref. HV7411 .C48 2005
The Blackwell companion to criminology / 2004  Ref. HV6025 .B544 2004
 A Statistical portrait of the United States : social conditions and trends / 2002  Ref. HA214 .S84 2002
Encyclopedia of crime and justice. 2002  Ref. HV6017 .E52 2002
World at risk : a global issues sourcebook. 2002  Ref. JZ1242 .W67 2002
Atlas of crime : mapping the criminal landscape / 2000  Ref. HV6783 .A85 2000
Constitutional law for criminal justice professionals / 1999 Ref. KF9223 .K542
Civil rights in America : 1500 to the present / 1998  Ref. JC599.U5 S53 1998
Dictionary of criminal justice terms. 1998  Ref. HV7411 .D53 1998
Williams, Vergil L. Dictionary of American penology / 1996  Ref. HV9304 .W54 1996

These books and others can be found in the Library of Congress 
Call Number areas HV, JC and KF. Look in both reference and circulating book collections to find good resources for your specific topics.

Online Materials

Suggested Periodical Databases. Search these databases from the library home page. 
Click on the Subject Database Menu link.

Criminal Justice Abstracts: Indexes major journals related to criminal justice.
Social Sciences Abstracts: Indexes major social science journals from 1983 to present.
Sociological Abstracts: Indexes major social science journals from 1983 to present.

Many journals, including are also available full-text in the databases InfoTrac OneFile and Expanded Academic ASAP. You can search by subject OR look through the tables of contents for these journals.

Web Resources

U.S. Census Bureau Minority Links
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html

Court TV
Court TV is the network of engaging stories, revealed through the people and process of investigation.

Death Penalty Information Center
A non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center was founded in 1990 and prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and serves as a resource to those working on this issue.

Electronic Journals

Use the library's Journals A-Z database to search for journal titles online in our many full-text databases 

Professional Associations

Criminal Justice Resource Links

Professional Associations

This page created by: Holly Heller-Ross, MLS, 
 holly.hellerross@plattsburgh.edu
Last Updated: 08/22/07