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Criminal Justice : Guide to Online Research

Accounting Anthropology Art Biology and Environmental Studies Business, Finance & Management Careers and Employment Criminal Justice Education History Health & Human Services Human Resources Humanities Law Marketing Mathematics Media/Communication Medicine and Health Philosophy Physical Sciences: Chemistry and Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology Sports Management Theater Arts Veterinary Science	Online Reference Sources Consult for background information, facts, definitions, statistics, etc.
	Drugs and Crime Facts Data on illegal drugs and their effect on crime rates, law enforcement, courts and corrections.
	FBI Uniform Crime Reports National crime statistics for 1995- 2003. Available reports include "Crime in the United States," "Hate Crime Statistics" and "Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted."
	Firearms and crime statistics (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistices)
	Handbook of Forensic Services Published by the FBI, "to provide guidance and procedures for safe and efficient methods of collecting and preserving evidence and to describe the forensic examinations performed by the FBI Laboratory."
	Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2001 Annual report from the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, presenting data on crime in schools.
	New York State Criminal Justice Indicators Statistics and other information on crime, adult arrests, felony prosecutions, convictions, and sentences in New York State through 1999. Data is also available by NYS region and county. Updated information may be found on the Criminal Justice Data Sheet.
	Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Presents comprehensive U.S. statistics about crime, law enforcement, capital punishment, gun control, arrests, jail populations, victims, etc., and public attitudes toward these topics.
	Indexes and Databases Search for magazine, journal and newspaper articles and other criminal justice resources.
	EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite Provides full text and indexing/abstracts for academic journals in a variety of disciplines, including criminal justice and related fields.
	LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe Search for general, Criminal Justice and law related news and journal articles.
	National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database Contains summaries of more than 160,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, and victims of crime.
	ProQuest Search for magazine, newspaper and peer reviewed journal articles about criminal justice and other related subjects.
	Recommended Web Resources Some of the "Best Criminal Justice Sites on the Web." If you are looking for information on a specific subject - these links can be a great time saver.
	Web Sites
	CyberCrime: Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice Contains information and links about computer crimes, including federal policy, cases, laws, reports, manuals, news and more.
	FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation Homepage
	Justice Information Center Information from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) includes a searchable abstract database,reports on crime, juvenile justice, corrections, the courts,crime prevention, law enforcement, drugs, victims, etc.
	The Sentencing Project Online publications, reports and fact sheets about alternative sentencing.
	E-Texts - Online Books, Journals, News, Reports, etc.
	The Electronic Frontier: challenge of unlawful conduct involving the use of the Internet : A report of the President's Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on the Internet, March 2000.
	FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
	Handbook of Forensic Services (FBI) The official handbook of the FBI Laboratory. Topics discussed include guidelines for conducting a crime scene search, crime scene safety, guidelines for various types of evidence, and how to pack and ship evidence, among others. Also provides links to the journal Forensic Science Communications and to the official sites of the FBI Lab and Library.
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