Criminology & Community Criminal Justice

Related topics: Government | Law | Political Science | Psychology | Sociology

Specific CRIM courses: CRIM 3213 (Community Corrections)

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• Journal & Article Indexes
• Background Information
• Citation and Style Guides

• Government Resources
• Web Resources
• Statistics [Jump to new page]

Q: What is a scholarly ("academic" or "peer-reviewed")journal?
A: See our handy checklist.

Q: How can I find primary research articles in Criminology?
A: See this guide for tips.

Major Criminology Indexes

• Criminal Justice Abstracts with FullText
• Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
• HeinOnline * all full text
• NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Index to Canadian Legal Literature in Quicklaw
• Sage Premier Collection * full text
  
• World Criminal Justice Library Network

Other Criminology Indexes

• CrimDoc: University of Toronto Criminology Library Grey Literature Index
• Organized Crime and Corruption Bibliographic Database [1997-2005]
• Restorative Justice Database

Other Useful Indexes

• Academic Search Premier
• Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete
• Canadian Newsstand * all full text
• Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)
• JStor
• OAIster * all full text
• PsycInfo
• Science Direct * all full text
• Social Sciences Full Text
• Sociological Abstracts
• Wiley Online Library * all full text

Please note : if the Kwantlen Library does not have the article you need, you can place an interlibrary loan request at no charge and we'll try to get it for you from another library. Most articles arrive as a PDF email attachment within 2-3 business days.

• Dictionary of Law Enforcement [Oxford] 
• Dictionary of the Social Sciences [Oxford] 
• Oxford Dictionary of Law 

 Online Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Activism & Social Justice [Sage]
• Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory [Sage]
• Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law [Sage]
• Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity & Society [Sage]
• New Oxford Companion to Law 
• 21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook [Sage]
• Sage Encyclopedia of Terrorism (2nd ed.)
• Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory

• Quick search in library catalogue for scholarly print dictionaries and encyclopedias

Bibliographies
ready-made lists of books and articles on a topic

• Canadian Police College Library
• Justice Institute of BC Library
  - list of books and videos by topic
  - see also broader subject guides for research tips
• World Criminal Justice Library Network

Research Guides
tips on researching and writing about criminology topics

• Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual (5th ed.)
  HV 9950 C74323 2010 (L, R, S)
• Researching a Problem : Problem-Oriented Guides for Police - online
• Student Handbook of Criminal Justice and Criminology
  HV 9960 G7 S78 2004 (S)
• Study Skills for Criminology
  HV 6024 S78 2005 (L, R, S)

Government Agencies - Canada

• Department of Justice
• Library of Parliament - Prepares excellent overviews of hot topics for members of parliament
• Public Safety Canada oversees five agencies and several review boards:
  • Canada Border Services Agency
  • Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
  • Correctional Service Canada
  • National Parole Board
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
  
  
  • Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP
  • Office of the Correctional Investigator

Government Agencies - British Columbia

• Ministry of the Attorney General
• B.C. Corrections
  Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Corrections Branch
• Youth Justice
  Ministry of Children and Family Development

TIP : Don't believe everything you read! Evaluate web sources very carefully for their accuracy, authority, and currency. Here are some evaluation criteria to help you.

• John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
• Michigan State University Criminal Justice Resources
• World Criminal Justice Library Network

Citation Styles

Kwantlen Library has prepared brief guides to the following styles. For tips on other formats, please see our Citation Styles webpage.

• APA - American Psychological Association style
• MLA - Modern Language Association style