CriminalJustice

toc =Criminal Justice Program=

RCC Criminal Justice Program
This guide is a listing of Criminal Justice resources in the library. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used.
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 * whoag@rcc.mass.edu : Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

=Books=

Books
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The RCC Library has the following print resources to support the Criminal Justice Program:

E-Books, there are 71 titles under the subject of criminal justice in Ebrary.
 * ||= Criminology/ Social Pathology (HV) ||= Law (K) ||= ALL ||
 * Circulating Books ||= 760 ||= 470 ||= 1,230 ||
 * Reference Books ||= 102 ||= 228 ||= 330 ||
 * ** Total ** ||= ** 862 ** ||= ** 698 ** ||= ** 1,560 ** ||

Credo Online Reference Books
The RCC community has access to online criminal justice reference books through Credo Reference.

9/11 Encyclopedia [|Collins Dictionary of Law] [|Dictionary of Law] Dictionary of Policing Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management [|Great American Court Cases] [|Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law] [|Guns in American Society: an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture and law] [|World of Criminal Justice]

=Videos= Films on Demand- Streaming video, there are 360 videos for Criminal Justice. These videos can be accessed from remote sites by using RCC library barcode.
 * ||= Criminology/ Social Pathology (HV) ||= Law (K) ||= ALL ||
 * VHS/ DVD’s ||= 39 ||= 40 ||= ** 79 ** ||

=Periodicals= The RCC library has eight print journals specific to criminal justice.
 * //American Jails: the magazine of the American Jail Association//
 * //Corrections Today//
 * //Criminal Justice and Behavior//
 * //Criminal Justice Ethics//
 * //Criminal Justice Review//
 * //Criminal Justice Studies//
 * //Prison Journal//
 * //Women & Criminal Justice//

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases. The RCC library has more than seventy different databases, many which have articles covering criminal justice topics. Below are the primary databases for criminal justice articles.

[|Campus Research]
Law Content Analytical Sources Primary Law Sources
 * **//American Jurisprudence 2d// (Am Jur 2d)**. An encyclopedia that provides summary and analysis of all fields of American state and federal law. It contains many citations to cases, statutes, and law review articles. It also includes analysis of the spirit and intent of the courts in construing the law, and Legislative intent in enacting and amending the law.
 * **//American Law Reports// (ALR)**. ALR provides a continually updated series of articles (annotations) on legal topics discussed in key cases. The articles provide objective analysis of different sides of an issue, written in a narrative style.
 * **More than 800 law reviews and journals**. Law reviews are scholary journals published by most accredited law schools. They contain thorough discussions of current issues and trends in the law, with comprehensive analysis by scholars and legal professionals.They are also an excellent source of citations to cases. //Harvard Law Review//, //Yale Law Journal//, //American Journal of Legal History//, and //Stanford Law Review// are just a few of the hundreds of highly respected publications available.
 * **//United States Code Annotated// (USCA)**. USCA combines the official text of the //United States Code// with relevant cases, historical notes, indexes, cross-references, and other annotations.
 * **All federal and state cases including U.S. Supreme Court cases**. Easily accessible through West's National Reporter System, an exclusive system of reporting federal and state cases that’s editorially enhanced for complete research.
 * **State statutes and regulations.** Includes statutes from all 50 states and D.C. and administrative codes from all 44 states.
 * **//Code of Federal Regulations// (CFR)**. The full body of federal administrative regulations.
 * **//Federal Register//**. Includes 50,000 pages of current regulatory, administrative, and executive materials generated by key federal entities.

Criminal Justice Collection
Has over 150 criminal Justice and law journals. Over 1,700 full text articles mentioning "criminal justice".

[|Academic Search Premier]
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including 13,000 full text articles mentioning "criminal justice". Below is a list of full text criminal justice journals in the database.


 * //American Journal of Criminal Law//
 * //Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice//
 * //Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice//
 * //Contemporary Justice Review//
 * //Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health//
 * // Criminal Justice: International Journal of Policy & Practice //
 * //Criminal Justice Ethics//
 * //Criminal Justice Policy Review//
 * //Criminal Law//
 * //European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law & Criminal Justice//
 * // Howard Journal of Criminal Justice //
 * //International Criminal Law Review//
 * //Journal for Juvenile Justice & Detention Services//
 * //Journal for Juvenile Justice Services//
 * // Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice //
 * //Journal of Criminal Justice Education//
 * //Journal of Criminal Law//
 * //Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology//
 * // Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice //
 * //Social Justice Research//

[|Issues and Controversies]
Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today. It has topic sections on gun control, the death penalty, drug use, crime and race and more.

=Library Instruction and Research Guides= The RCC library has library instruction workshops aimed at specific courses, including criminal justice. To support these workshops, research guides are created and taylored for the specfice assignment or topic of the class. We also create subject research guides that cover criminal justice topics.. Some research guides that fall under criminal justice are below:

Death Penalty Domestic Violence Drug Abuse Gambling Gun Control Human Trafficking Illegal Immigration Racial Profiling Teen Violence Terrorism

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Research guide prepared on 07/21/09 by William Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu and updated on 11/01/10 by Ted Intarabumrung: tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu Updated on 06/15/11 by William Hoag.