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Office of the Attorney General This "Criminal Justice Statistics Center" gives links to a wide variety of publications focusing on the prevention of crime and violence in California. |
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| Federal | |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Provides feature stories in a variety of categories, e.g., Arson, Violent Crime, and Gangs. |
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Fingerprint Identification: an Overview Their mission: "To provide the highest standard of training for proper preparation and processing of fingerprint submissions and criminal history record data to our internal and external customers, to continue forging partnerships with the law enforcement community, working toward the common goal of reducing terrorist and criminal activities, to inspire change and develop innovative, effective training in accordance with the needs of our customers." |
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Frequently updated, this resource offers links to topics in these categories: Corrections, Courts. Crime, Crime Prevention, Drugs, Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, and Victims (as well as an A-Z listing). |
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United States Department of Justice Leads to useful links such as "most wanted" fugitives and missing persons, FBI publications and MUCH more. |
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| Local | |
City of San Diego Police Department Offers dozens of links such as: "Help Us Help You," "In Your Neighborhood," "Crime Statistics/Maps," and "Crime Prevention and Education." |
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San Diego County Public Law Library This very popular site proudly proclaims: "Serving the legal information needs of San Diego County citizens since 1891." Scroll down to find an "Ask Now" link that provides 24/7 chat reference. |
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| Research | N E W Attorneys - a FREE product from LexisNexis. Select a "legal issue" from their menu and find information as well as attorneys near any ZIP code. |
| Court TV's Crime Library Provides information in these categories: serial killers, notorious murders, criminal mind, terrorists & spies, and gangsters. This is a commercial site (, so use with caution. | |
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Criminal
Justice Profiles has "career descriptions, information and resources." |
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Justice Studies at San Jose State University A degree-granting program that "provides a broad, research based interdisciplinary curriculum that addresses issues of justice and injustice in our rapidly changing world." |
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Laws.com features a legal dictionary as well as "Hero of the day" in a variety of boxes and links. Racial Profiling "...occurs when race is used by law enforcement or private security officials, to any degree, as a basis for criminal suspicion in non-suspect specific investigations." Features the "AIUSA's groundbreaking 2004 report Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, National Security, and Human Rights in the United States." From Amnesty International USA. |
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Your Public Law Library Offers a "Mini-Research Class" in basic legal research including a hyper-linked list of sections--each of which have many links to helpful sources. |
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| For the subject: | Search under: |
| ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF |
| CRIMINALISTICS | FORENSIC SCIENCES |
| Title--copy and paste into Our Library Catalog |
Call Number |
| Against prediction: profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age | HV 7936 R3 H37 2007 E-BOOK |
| Crime and punishment in the United States | HV 6779 C74 2008 E-BOOK |
| Criminal justice theory | HV 7419 C753 2007 E-BOOK |
| Dictionary of policing [Credo Reference] | HV 8195 A2 D53 2008 E-BOOK |
| Dictionary of youth justice [Credo Reference] | HV 9145 A5 D54 2008 E-BOOK |
| Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco | HV 5804 D78 2003 E-BOOK |
| Drugs and controlled substances | HV 5809.5 D78 2003 E-BOOK |
| Encyclopedia of crime and justice | HV 6017 E53 2002 E-BOOK |
| Encyclopedia of genocide and crimes against humanity | HV 6322.7 E53 2004 E-BOOK |
| Scene of the cybercrime | QA 769.9 A25 S55 2002 E-BOOK |
| Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics | HV 7245 N37B online |
| World of criminal justice [Credo Reference] | HV 7411 W67 2002B E-BOOK |
| Case Studies | Call Number |
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| Famous American crimes and trials 5 v. | REF HV 9950 F36 2004 |
| Profiling and criminal justice in America | REF HV 9950 B86 2004 |
| Dictionaries | |
| The American dictionary of criminal justice | REF HV 7411 C48 2005 |
| The dictionary of crime terms | REF HV 6017 S54 2003 |
| Facts on file dictionary of forensic science | REF HV 8073 B426 2004 |
| Forensic science: an illustrated dictionary | REF HV 8073 B677 2004 |
| Encyclopedias | |
| Cybercrime : a reference handbook | REF HV 6773 S3547 2004 |
| The encyclopedia of American law enforcement | REF HV 8133 N48 2007 |
| Encyclopedia of crime and punishment, 4 v | REF HV 6017 E524 2002 |
| Encyclopedia of forensic science | REF HV 8073 B425 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of juvenile justice | REF HV 9104 E58 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of law enforcement, 3 v | REF HV 7921 E53 2005 |
| Encyclopedia of prisons, 2 v | REF HV 9471 B675 2005 |
| Encyclopedia of terrorism | REF HV 6431 K883 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of white collar & corporate crime, 2 v | REF HV 6768 E63 2005 |
| Vocational Guidance | |
| Criminal justice and criminology | REF HV 9950 A54 2003 |
Last updated on
6/23/11 by
Michelle
Blackman