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South Louisiana Community College Library
Criminal Justice Subject Guide |
Reference Sources | Journals | Databases |Web Resources
Criminal Justice
REF KF 9214.5 .C75 2006
Covers the most important aspects of criminal justice, with special attention given to relationships between the realities of criminal justice and depictions of the subject in popular media. Contains a detailed subject index, plus separate indexes to court cases, laws, and persons.
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
REF KF 4548 .E53 2000 Volumes 1-6
Provides essays by leading constitutional scholars, law school professors, judges, historians, and political scientists on practical and theoretical topics dealing with every aspect of constitutional law in the U.S
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
REF HV 6017 .E524 2002 Volumes 1-4
The goal of this reference work is to "bring together, in a single publication, knowledge from...various sources to provide readers with a comprehensive, authoritative, and twenty-first century reference resource on crime and punishment."
Louisiana Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook
REF KFL 561 .A3 2004
Includes enactments of the 2004 First Extraordinary Legislative session and the 2004 Regular Legislative session regarding Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Motor Vehicle and Traffic Regulations, Professions and Occupations, Public Health and Safety, and Revenue and Taxation, the Criminal Code, and the Children's Code. Includes an extensive index.
Oxford Handbook of Criminology
REF HV6025 .O87 200
In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical perspectives, this book provides up-to-date reviews of such diverse topics as crime statistics, the criminal justice process, race and gender and the media and crime.
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Full-text available from March 2003-present. Print copies available in the library. Focuses on criminal justice topics & issues, including the criminal justice process, interplay between system components, problems & solutions, innovative practices, policy development & implementation, evaluative research, & other related interests.
Corrections Today
Full-text availablefrom 1994-present. Articles on all areas of corrections, news and legislation, commentary, profiles, book reviews and research perspectives published for members of the American Correctional Association.
Criminology
Full-text from 2002-present. Due to publisher restrictions, the most recebt 1 year is not available. Interdisciplinary articles dealing with crime, deviant behavior and related phenomena as found in social and behavioral sciences and the fields of law, criminal justice and history with major emphasis on controversies concerning crime, law and justice.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Full-text coverage from 1993- present. Original articles, research articles, practitioner essays, comments and reviews on all aspects of criminal law and criminology.
Justice Quarterly
Full-text coverage from 2001-present. Due to publisher restrictions, the most recent 1 year is not available.
Police Chief
Print only available in library.
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for over 4,000 journals.
InfoTrac OneFile
Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Offers full-text news, business, and legal information.
Westlaw
provides a comprehensive collection of news, law-related and business information sources.
Corrections Connection
Online community for corrections professionals and businesses. Weekly news service, as well as chat rooms, bulletin boards, and job and resume databases.
Crime in the United States (Uniform Crime Reports)
Published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, gives statistics on types of crimes committed in the United States and on persons arrested.
Louisiana State Constitution
Louisiana Laws
Search the codified laws of Louisiana either by specific article or statute, or by text within an article or statute.
National Institute of Corrections
Agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons that provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies.
United States Code
Contains the general and permanent laws of the UNited States arranged by subject. Includes a list of acts by poular name as well (e.g. The Americans with Disabilities Act).
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