LibGuides: Criminal Justice: Articles

Where Should I Begin?

Databases listed below will provide you with the best criminal justice articles.

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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides access to articles found in over 800 social science journal titles.
Subjects covered include: gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, racial studies, religion and social work.
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers the social sciences. Provides full-text articles and citations/abstracts.
Subjects covered include: anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology.
Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides citations to journals on criminal justice and criminology. Covers crime prevention, forensic sciences, policing, and juvenile justice, from the early 20th century to the present.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary, scholarly and general article database; includes over 3,200 full-text titles. This is NOT the best database to check for scholarly sociological information, nevertheless, you may find good background information in here.
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Covers the psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Mostly citations/abstracts; some full-text.
Covers the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and more. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,200 periodicals in dozens of languages.
GPO This link opens in a new window
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). Covers 1976 to present.
Covers Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
Law Reviews Search This link opens in a new window
Law review articles, articles on important legal cases.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service This link opens in a new window
Covers crime and criminal justice resources. Provides citations/abstracts to journal articles, research reports and government documents.
Topics covered include corrections, courts, crime, crime prevention, drugs, justice system, juvenile justice, law enforcement and victims.