NU Library: Criminal Justice Research : Databases and Resources

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Melissa Langridge (she/her)

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Start with:

Academic Search Premier
This database helps you find articles in the leading criminal justice journals and provides access to psychology and sociology journals.
Sage Journals
Provides the full text of articles in the social sciences, with strong coverage of criminal justice.
ScienceDirect
Full-text access to peer reviewed journals in social & behavioral sciences. Strong international coverage.

Then, if you need to be more comprehensive, proceed to the following:

Criminal Justice Abstracts
This database helps you find journal articles, books and reports in criminal justice and related disciplines. For each reference, a summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided. The database is updated quarterly and extends as far back as 1968.

Other databases to try:

PsycARTICLES & PsycINFO
This database covers the field of psychology but offers surprisingly good coverage of criminal justice.
ABI/INFORM Collection + other ProQuest business databases
If your topic relates to business (for example, white collar crime, fraud, shoplifting), then try this database. It covers business and management journals, and provide a lot of full text.
HeinOnline

A collection of over 40 databases covering legal history and law including the John F. Kennedy Assassination Collection, LGBTQ+ Rights, Women and the Law, U.S. Supreme Court Library. and Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law.
Court Cases, American Federal and State

Includes U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Court of Appeals, Federal District Courts, and State Courts. Also included are specialty courts such as Military Appeals, Customs, Patents, Tax, Trade, Commerce, Veteran Appeals and Bankruptcy.
Statista

Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries.
Business Source Premier
If your topic relates to business (for example, white collar crime, fraud, shoplifting), then try this database. It covers business and management journals, and provide a lot of full text.