Criminal Justice: Start Here
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Welcome to the BCC Libraries' Criminal Justice research guide. This guide provides quick access to resources (books, eBooks, journal articles, and more) that will assist you in your research.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new windowCriminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text is the leading full-text database for criminal justice and criminology research. It provides top journals and magazines covering all related subjects, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.
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Criminal Justice OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new windowCriminal Justice Collection
Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals. -
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
One of the largest academic multi-disciplinary databases, providing indexing and abstracting for over 8,000 periodicals. Full text is provided for more than 4,650 of these titles with over 3,590 of these being peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. Searchable, cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Coverage: 1975 (over 100 journals) – present.
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Research Topic Suggestions
- Racial Bias in Criminal Sentencing
- Police Use of Force: Necessity or Excess?
- Juvenile Offenders and Adult Criminal Sentences
- The Criminalization of Homelessness
- The Privatization of Prisons and Its Consequences
- The Role of Forensic Science in Criminal Investigations
- The Psychology of Criminal Behavior
- Cybercrime: Challenges and Legal Responses
- The Role of Gender in Shaping Criminal Justice Outcomes
- Victimology: The Study of Crime Victims and Their Rights
- The Role of Education in Preventing Criminal Behavior
- The Role of Restorative Justice Practices in Community Reintegration