Useful Websites
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationSource: FBI
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Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and DelinquencySource: PCCD
Statistical Analysis Centers (SAC), state and county justice statistics, justice-related initiatives, Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS). -
National Criminal Justice Reference ServiceSource: NCJRS
Justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. -
Bureau of Labor StatisticsSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics
News releases and statistical series on labor, employment, productivity, demographics, occupations, regional news releases, etc. -
Monitoring the FutureSource: NIH
Provides national survey results on drug use among students and young adults. -
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics OnlineSource: US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics -- Provides statistical data about many aspects of criminal justice, organized into 6 topics.
Databases to Consider
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole. -
PsycTests
A collection of psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments, maintained by the American Psychological Association. Includes some full-text access. -
Nexis Uni
More than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. -
JSTOR
Archive of articles from scholarly journals for arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities. Includes selected book chapters and primary sources. -
Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database containing full-text of more than 4,000 peer-reviewed journals, newspapers, magazines, and videos from Associated Press. -
Discovery
A research tool that searches many DelVal databases simultaneously. Contains books, ebooks, dvds, online videos, journals, magazines, newspapers, conference proceedings, and more.
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Journal of Criminal JusticeThe Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other.
Try Google Scholar!
Search for scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles and reports through Google Scholar. Articles available from the library will show up in these results.