Accounts
CRM JUS 358 -- Camlibel
Course Specific Resources
Reference and Background
CQ Researcher explores important issues ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
Criminal Justice Theory: Explaining the Nature and Behavior of Criminal Justice
Contemporary policing : controversies, challenges, and solutions : an anthology / Quint C. Thurman, Jihong Zhao ; preface by Samuel Walker.
-Located 2nd floor south of Polk Library: Call Number: HV8141 .T483 2004
Policing the planet : why the policing crisis led to black lives matter / edited by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton.
-Located 2nd floor south of Polk Library: Call Number: HV8141 .P5977 2016
Critical issues in police civil liability / Victor E. Kappeler.
Sample eBooks
Sample search in Search@UW: criminal justice -- United States
Sample search in Searh@UW: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- United States
Research databases
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals Index is a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals.
Contains over 2 million records from 1,200 core journals including full text from 700 journals.
LexisNexis Academic provides access to 5,000 publications on a wide range of topics. Business resources also include company financials, SEC Filings and reports, directories, and accounting journals.
ABI/INFORM Complete includes full text journals and newspapers from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.
Suggested Keywords
These phrases may help when conducting searches for materials on issues in criminal justice, following sample topics taken from the National Conference of State Legislatures. See website for more sample topics in criminal justice:
- Local Jail Policy
- Mental Health
- Law Enforcement
- Drug Crime Policy
- Juvenile Detention Reform
- Human Trafficking
- Civil & Constitutional Law
- Child Support and Incarceration
Inter-library Loan
If you would like to request an item we don't have, you can request it via inter-library loan. Go to the library homepage, select Accounts, then
choose to sign into Inter-library loan.
Login and place an ILL request. (looking for items to request, try looking at WorldCat)
APA and MLA Citation Help-- The following sites are tremendously helpful.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Great information on citing a variety of sources in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. This site also includes a lot of good information on the writing and research process.
Citing References in Your Paper
A great site from the UW Madison Writing Centerincluding MLA and APA
Videos
We have a number of criminal justice related videos in our film databases. These databases can be accessed below or on our homepage. Select databases, then either, for example, 'Films on Demand' or 'Kanopy.' Use the keyword: 'police' to begin your search.
Films On Demand is a digital video delivery service that allows users to view thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas
Sample Video