Criminal Justice Information

Subjects:

• Crime & Justice » Crime & Justice (general)
• Law » Criminal Law
• Library & Information Science » Information Science

Reviews:

• ...useful for the distant researcher....[it is an] excellent research guide, hence [it] should be in the collections of any criminal justice research collection.
  —Choice
• All libraries and librarians could benefit from this amitious reference book. Written for a very broad audience, this is one reference book that will not collect dust on the shelf.
  —Law Library Journal
• The effectiveness of this book makes it a valuable reference tool.
  —ARBA
• The book should be extremely useful for anyone interested in the field of criminal justice, whether an interested individual, an advanced scholar from the high school through graduate level, or a current practitioner in the field of criminal justice and related occupations.
  —Journal of Government Information
• One of the most valuable parts is an appendix of Web sites related to criminal justice....One of the most useful chapters, even for experienced researchers is the guide to statistical sources for the topics of crime, capital punishment, juvenile justice,court systems, white collar crime, and even opinion polls.
  —Legal Information Alert
• The need for this book...ought to be as self-evident as the need for a criminal justice system.
  —Rettig on Reference
• ...the first guide of its kind to provide methods for evaluating resources both in print and online.
  —Reviewer's Bookwatch

Table of Contents:

• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Criminal Justice Research in an Evolving Information
• Environment 1
• Chapter 2: Locating Authorities and Establishing Professional
• Connections 8
• Chapter 3: Sources of Basic Information 39
• Chapter 4: Tools for Identifying, Locating, and Retrieving Books, Documents, and Other Information Sources 65
• Chapter 5: Periodicals, News Sources, Indexes, and Abstracts 91
• Chapter 6: Statistical Sources 119
• Chapter 7: Government Agencies as Generators of Criminal Justice Information 138
• Chapter 8: Legal Research 157
• Chapter 9: International Criminal Justice Information 183
• Appendix: World Wide Web Sites Related to Criminal Justice 201
• Index 217