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Criminology: Background Reading

Resources for Criminology Research

Statistical Sources

Guides to Further Research

Criminal Justice Information: How to Find It, How to Use It (book) by Benamati, Dennis C
Call Number: POR Reference HV7419.5 .C75 1998

ISBN: ‎ 9780897749572

Publication Date: 1998
Information Sources in the Social Sciences (book) by David Fisher, Sandra Price, & Terry Hanstock (Eds)
Call Number: POR Reference H61 .I56 2002

ISBN: 3598244398

Publication Date: 2002
International Government Information and Country Information (book) by Andrea Morrison; Barbara Alice Mann
Call Number: POR Reference ZA5050 .M67 2004

ISBN: 1573564796

Publication Date: 2004

Online Subject Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

African Americans and Criminal Justice: an Encyclopedia (E-book) by Delores D. Jones-Brown; Beverly D. Frazier; Marvie Brooks (Eds)
Call Number: E-book, click title to access

ISBN: 9780313357176

Publication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (E-book) by Gerben Bruinsma; David Weisburd (Eds)
Call Number: E-book, Click title to access

ISBN: 9781461456902

Publication Date: 2014
Handbook on Crime and Deviance (E-book) by Krohn, Marvin, ed.
Call Number: E-book, Click title to access

ISBN: 9783030207793

Publication Date: 2019
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Violence by Nancy Lombard (Editor)
Call Number: E-book; click title above for access

ISBN: 9781315612997

Publication Date: 2018
Glossary of Bureau of Justice Statistics
Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook by FBI
Publication Date: 2004

Oxford Reference Online
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (print)

Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behaviour (book) by Clifton D. Bryant
Call Number: USM POR Reference HV6017 .E53 2001

ISBN: 1560327723

Publication Date: 2001
The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory by Eugene McLaughlin (Editor); Tim Newburn (Editor)
Call Number: USM POR Reference HV6025 .S25 2010

ISBN: 9781412920384

Publication Date: 2010
The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology by Eugene McLaughlin (Editor); John Muncie (Editor)
Call Number: USM POR Reference HV12 .S34 2001

ISBN: 0761959076

Publication Date: 2001