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Subject Guide for Criminal Justice
Contents:
Introduction & Contact Information
This web page focuses on criminal justice in the U.S. and California.
For further assistance, the following librarian may be consulted:
Carolyn Baber
Office: Love Library 108H
E-mail: cbaber@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6990
Finding Books
the PAC
The catalog of the SDSU Library: books, periodical titles, many government
publications and other materials in the SDSU Library. Articles in periodicals
are not included.
Circuit
Circuit allows SDSU faculty, staff and students to borrow books from CSU
San Marcos, UCSD and USD if they are not owned by our library or our copies
are already checked-out. Most items can be picked-up at our Circulation
Desk by the end of the next working day. Circuit can be searched as a separate
database or from within a PAC search. Additional information is available
at The Circuit.
Link+
CSUlink+ allows SDSU faculty, staff and students to quickly borrow books
from participating libraries throughout California if they are not owned
by our library or our copies are already checked-out. Link+ can be searched
as a separate database or from within a PAC search. Additional information
is available at Link+.
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Finding Periodical Articles & Law Reviews
Criminal
Justice Abstracts. 1968 to present.
Journal articles, books, reports from government and non-governmental agencies
in criminology and related disciplines. Some full text. 
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database . 1970s to
present.
Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal
articles, and unpublished research. Some full text. Unrestricted access.
ProQuest
Research Library. Varies by title; earliest 1971 to present.
Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full text.
Also Useful
PAIS
International (Public Affairs Information Service). 1972 to present.
Journal articles, books, government documents and more for the subjects of public
policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Some full text. 
PsycINFO.
1887 to present.
Journal articles, books, and book chapters in psychology and related disciplines.
Cited reference searching is available. Some full text.
Sociological
Abstracts. 1952 to present.
Journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and conference
papers in sociology and related disciplines. Some full text.
Law Reviews
LexisNexis
Academic "Law Reviews" file. (Off campus use restricted
to SDSU users)
Provides access to the full text of several hundred law review journals. See
the Using LexisNexis Academic to Find
Legal Materials for important tips on searching this database.
Print Indexes
Current Law Index. 1980-ongoing.
Location: K33
.C87 Reference
Index to law journals.
Sage Public Administration Abstracts. 1974-ongoing.
Location: JA1
.S27 Reference
Indexes practitioner and scholarly journals in the field of public administration.
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia
of Crime and Justice. 2003.
Legal, sociological, psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime
and justice worldwide. Entries cover civil and criminal issues, from domestic
violence to terrorism.
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Statistics
Compendia | Indexes & Other Listings
| Resources for Advanced Data Users
Compendia
Statistical Abstract of the United
States. U.S. Census Bureau. 1995-ongoing.
AND
Statistical Abstract of the United States. 1878-ongoing.
Location: Reference
Desk for latest; C 3.134: Gov Pubs/US for older years
A compilation of social, economic and political statistics about the U.S.
Uniform Crime Reports for the United
States: Crime in the United States. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Uniform Crime Reports for the United States: Crime in the United States.
1961-ongoing.
Location:
J 1.14/7: Ref/US for latest; Gov Pubs/US for older years.
Provides a wide variety of data on crimes committed, arrests, and law enforcement
personnel.
Sourcebook of Criminal
Justice Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1994-ongoing.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. 1973-ongoing.
Location: J
29.9/6: Ref/US; Gov Pubs/US for older years.
A major resource for data about the U.S. criminal justice system.
Crime and Delinquency in California.
California Dept. of Justice. 1996-ongoing.
Crime and Delinquency in California. 1965-ongong.
Location: J250
C75 Ref/CA for latest; Gov Pubs/CA for older years.
Provides access to data about crimes, arrests, dispositions, adult corrections,
criminal justice expenditures and personnel for the State.
Criminal Justice Profile: (county). California Dept. of Justice. 1976-ongoing.
Location: J250
C74rs [county]; latest San Diego and California are in Ref/CA; all others
in Gov Pubs/CA.
Provides access to data about crimes, arrests, adult and juvenile arrests, probations,
and dispositions.
Criminal Justice Statistics Center.
California Dept. of Justice.
Provides access to data on crimes, arrests, prosecutions, dispositions, correctional
supervision, and criminal justice expenditures, personnel and population.
Crime Statistics &
Maps. City of San Diego Police Department.
"A variety of crime statistics, crime listings, and crime maps are available
for the City of San Diego. Monthly statistics are updated by the 20th of the
following month. Listings and maps are updated every Monday and reflect the
most recent 30 day period for each neighborhood." - from the web page
Crime in the San Diego Region. 1979-ongoing.
Location: KFC
1199.S26 C7225 Reference
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Indexes & Other Listings
American Statistics Index (ASI). 1974-ongoing.
Location: Z
7554.U5 A46 Reference
Indexes and abstracts statistical publications issued by the federal government.
Crime and Justice Statistics.
Fedstats.
Selective listing of other sources for statistics within the U.S. Department
of Justice.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Publications
A listing of print and online versions of BJS publications.
Statistical Reference Index (SRI). 1981-ongoing.
Location: HA
1 .S75 Reference
Indexes statistical publications issued by the states and other nonprofit organizations.
Publications are available in the SRI microfiche set in the Microforms and Newspaper
Center (Love Library, 1st floor).
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Resources for Advanced Data Users
Compendium of Federal
Justice Statistics. Urban Institute through a cooperative agreement with
the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
"The Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics presents an overview of case processing
in the Federal criminal justice system. This report is produced annually. Selected
years are available on-line via the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) web site.
Entire reports may be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat reader. Tables may be downloaded
directly as compressed Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets." - from the Web page
Crime and Justice Electronic
Data Abstracts. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
"Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstracts are aggregated data from a wide variety
of published sources that are presented in spreadsheets to facilitate use with
analytic software. These files contain thousands of numbers and hundreds of
categories, displayed by jurisdiction and over time. Wherever possible the data
are the most recent available. Additional files on a variety of topics will
be added as they become available." - from the Web page
National Archive of Criminal
Justice Data. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR) .
"The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is a branch of the Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan.
NACJD acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to computer-readable
criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD website
provides downloadable access to over 550 criminal justice data collections free
of charge." - from the Web page
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Current Issues in Criminal Justice
CQ
Researcher (Off campus use restricted to SDSU users)
Provides in-depth reports on current and controversial issues with complete
summaries, pro and con discussions of all sides of the issues, bibliographies
and more. Full text is available from 1996 to the present and abstracts for
print reports from 1991 to present.
Crime and Justice. 1979-ongoing.
Location: HV6001
.C672 3rd Floor Books
Annual review of research literature.
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Government Agency Publications
United States
Monthly
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. 1976-ongoing. (Off
campus use restricted to SDSU users)
Electronic version of the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. Indexes
federal government materials made available through the depository system.
the PAC
The online catalog for SDSU includes United States publications from 1976
to the present.
California
the PAC
The online catalog for SDSU includes California state publications issued
from 1992 to the present.
California Card Catalog
Location: Reference
For publications issued prior to 1992, use the card catalog. Search the
PAC for California state publications issued from 1992 to the present. Look
in the California card catalog for publications issued prior to 1992.
California State Publications. 1949-ongoing.
Location: L575
P94 Ref/CA
Comprehensive listing of official state publications issued by executive agencies,
the legislature and the judiciary.
California State Library Online Catalog
We will have most of the California publications listed in this catalog.
Use the California document call number.
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