Subject guide: criminal justice

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• Criminal Justice Periodicals
  Covering 190 journals related to criminal justice. Includes full-text of articles from almost 50 journals.
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• LexisNexis Academic
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• CQ Researcher
  Full-text reports with analysis and statistics of many current events relating to criminal justice, such as child abuse, the death penalty, drug trafficking, the jury system, law enforcement, prison reform and more .

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Websites

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• County Level Crime Data
• FBI
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• World Legal Information Institute
• Officer.com

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Reference

• Crime Science Investigations: Ballistics
• Crime Scene Investigations: Blackmail and Bribery
• Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
• Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence