University of Louisville Libraries

Justice Administration Guide

General Information

The American dictionary of criminal justice: key terms and major court cases.
Ekstrom Library Ref. HV7411 .C48 2001

In addition to brief descriptions of important terms and concepts, this volume provides descriptions of relevant U.S. Supreme Court Cases.

Criminal Justice Abstracts

Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. (CSA)

Criminal Justice Information - How to find it, How to Use it.
Ekstrom Library Ref HV7419.5 .C75 1998

Encyclopedia of American Crime.
Ekstrom Library Ref HV6789 .S54 2001

Contains biographies of famous U.S. criminals, victims, informants and legal figures.

Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice
Ekstrom Library Ref HV6017 .E52 2002

Includes over 250 fairly lengthy essays on theories and concepts of criminology. Each essay also offers a bibliography and citations to associated court cases.

Journals and E-journals

Search Minerva (the catalog) by journal title. Minerva lists all print and most electronic journals that the University of Louisville Libraries subscribe to.
Also check the "E-journals in Databases" list which includes journals we have access to which are not cataloged in Minerva.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

Summaries of more than 150,000 publications on criminal justice, including government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. (CSA)

Prentice Hall's Cybrary: The World's Criminal Justice Directory

Provides links to other web sites, online journals and reference sources on all aspects of criminology (e.g. Drug Abuse, Juvenile Justice, White Collar & Organized Crime). International in scope.

Rand

Includes full-text of research publications on topics such as Civil Justice, Public Safety, and U.S. National Security.

Sage Dictionary of Criminology
Ekstrom Library Ref HV6017 .S34 2001

Provides somewhat more in-depth definitions than other dictionaries and citations to "Key Readings" for each term.

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

International clearinghouse for information on crime and justice, including: institutes, organizations, documents, standards, statistics, and laws.

Corrections

American Correctional Association

Site provides access to information on Conventions, Professional Development, the Online Corrections Academy, Publications, Accreditation & Standards, and Government & Legislative Affairs.

The Corrections Yearbook
Ekstrom Library Ref. Desk HV8482 .A24

Provides data about the U.S. Correctional System based on questionnaires completed by correctional agencies from "all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Correctional Service of Canada." (Find more books.)

Kentucky Corrections (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Dept of Corrections)

Information on state correctional facilities, including: Daily Count Sheet, Weekly Jail Count, Admissions & Releases Tables, Average Daily Population Table, Cost to Incarcerate Table, Time Served Graph, Inmate Profile Graph, Inmate Profile Tables, Recidivism Reports, and Conditional Commutation Plan.

Life or death: a battle over capital punishment
Ekstrom Library Media videotapes (2nd floor) HV8699 .U5 L52 1996

Reviews the past 30 years of capital punishment in America. Includes interviews with advocates on both sides of the issue. (Find more videos.)

Crime Prevention

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence

CSPV has a threefold mission. First, the Information House serves to collect research literature and resources on the causes and prevention of violence and provides direct information services to the public by offering topical searches on customized databases. Second, CSPV offers technical assistance for the evaluation and development of violence prevention programs. Third, CSPV maintains a basic research component through data analysis and other projects on the causes of violence and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs.

National Crime Prevention Council

See the section on "Topics in Crime Prevention" for links to online publications, periodicals, web sites and catalogs on a variety of topics.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Justice and Law Enforcement

Federal Bureau of Investigations

Handbook of Forensic Services

International Criminal Court

Site of "the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished."

Interpol

"Interpol exists to help create a safer world. Its aim is to provide a unique range of essential services for the law enforcement community to optimise the international effort to combat crime."

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy

Justice Technology Information Network

National Institute of Justice

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

United States Department of Justice

VERA Institute of Justice

This institute conducts empirical research on aspects of the justice system. The web page includes sections on: Crime & Victimization; Policing; Judicial Process; Sentencing & Corrections; Institutions for Youth.

Police Administration

International Association of Chiefs of Police

Provides information on international activities, conferences, leadership, calendar of events, training, jobs, research reports and surveys, publications, awards, legislative activities, and professional assistance.

Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Crime in America's Top-Rated Cities: A statistical profile 1979-1998
Ekstrom Library Ref. Desk HV6787 .C745

Includes statistics covering 1979-1998 in all major crime categories. Arranged by city."

Crime in Kentucky (Kentucky State Police)

These annual reports contain Kentucky crime statistics and are broken down by type of crime, location, age, sex, and race.

Crime in the United States
Ekstrom Library Ref. Desk HV6787 .A3

Provides statistics on crime and law enforcement personnel in the United States based on the Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

International Justice Statistics

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

The world's largest repository of computer-readable research data for the social sciences and related fields. Requires registration and then the requested dataset can be downloaded. Datasets can be processed with SAS, SPSS, or Stata.

Kentucky Crime Statistics (Kentucky Virtual Library)

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

"The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) preserves and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal agencies, state agencies, and investigator initiated research projects to users for secondary statistical analysis."

Social Statistics Briefing Room

Briefings, including crime statistics, from U.S. White House.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Ekstrom Library Ref. Desk HV7245 .N37

The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 600 tables. (The online version is available before the print edition.)

Uniform Crime Reports