Guide to Criminal Justice
Websites:
Comprehensive Web Sites | Specialized Web Sites | News & MagazinesBooks:
Suggested Subjects Headings | Recommended Reference Books
Databases & Indexes
- Academic Search Complete
- InfoTrac Newspapers
Check the Periodicals Guide to insure that the Library subscribes to the print journal you need. Request journals at the Circulation Counter.
Comprehensive Web Sites
- Uniform Crime Reports (from the FBI)
- Bureau of Justice Drug & Crime Facts
- Criminal Justice Links
- Criminal Justice Subject Directory
- Criminal Justice Megalinks
- Search engine and directory to information related to criminal justice. Directory has links to: policing, crime analysis, education, criminology, current events, law, prison, reform, and security.
- Crime Prevention: Tips for All Ages (National Crime Prevention Council)
- Federal Justice Statistics on the Web
- Internet Crime Archive
- Introduction to Criminal Justice (textbook and study guide)
- Justice Information Center
- Juvenile Justice Center
- Police Notebook
- Police Officer's Internet Directory
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- Texas Commission on Jail Standards
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Texas Police Central
Specialized Web Sites
- Sex Offender Database (by name and zip code)
- Cop Net
- Links to information on Crime Stoppers, Most Wanted, law enforcement, and criminal justice.
- Cop Seek
- Search engine and directory with law enforcemenet links on associations, training, agencies, intelligence, police/family support, operational support, administrative support...
- Crime Spider
- Links to information on Crime Stoppers, types of crime, law enforcement, crime studies, domestic violence, cybercrime, homicide, industrial espionage, missing children, identification and tracking, criminalistics, private investigation, safety and prevention, terrorism, unsolved crimes, victim rights, and supplies.
- Convictions Records Database
- Corrections: Search, Training & Inmate Locator
- Death Penalty Links
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: Identity Theft Resources
- Sentencing Alternatives
News & Magazines
The Library subscribes to the following publications. The most recent issue is on display and back issues are available at the Circulation Counter. Bound issues are shelved in the upper level of the Library. Check the Periodicals Guide for information on the previous years shelved or bound.
- Police Chief
- Texas Police Journal
Suggested Subject Headings
Do a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search in the Online catalog for your topic. After doing your search, you can limit the results to books at El Centro by selecting the Limit Your Search button.
| crime & criminals detectives police lie detectors and detection prisons criminal psychology police shootings policewomen self incrimination |
arrest Afro-American police arson investigation confession (law) criminal behavior evidence, criminal law enforcement juvenile delinquency prevention |
Recommended Reference Books
in-library use only
Black's Law Dictionary
REF KF 156 B53
Crime Dictionary
REF HV 6025 D43
Crime in the U. S. - Uniform Code
REF HV 6787 A3
Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice
REF HV 6017 D43
Police Civil Liability
REF KF 1307 S54
Law Enforcement Vocabulary
REF HV 7411 M37
Crime in Texas
REF HV 9955 T4 A53
Criminal & Civil Investigation Handbook
REF HV 8073 C694
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
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214-860-2175
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Dallas, TX
Last Updated:
January 2, 2007