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Return to the Research Guides...
Scope: Legal resources, and
information on
criminology, criminal
justice, and corrections.
Books & Audiovisual - Periodicals - Internet
Clicking on the links will take
you the corresponding searches in the TNCC online catalog, and
show the location and availability of materials.
General Searching Tips:
Call number areas to browse:
HV 6000-9950 (Criminology)
KF 8700-9800 (Administration of Criminal Justice)
Keywords to search:
business software, resume writing, business finance, corporations
Subjects to search (Library of Congress):
Clicking on a subject heading will take you to a subject search in the Library catalog.
Capital punishment
Corrections
Criminal behavior
Crime
Crime and criminals
Crime laboratories
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice
Gangs
Law enforcement
Organized crime
Prison sentences
Punishment
Racketeering
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
PERIODICAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
IN THE LIBRARY:
ONLINE: Access to the subscription-based resources from off campus is available for TNCC faculty,
staff, and registered students through the use of a proxy server. Click the link for instructions. Remote Access
INTERNET RESOURCES
- BitLaw: a Resource on Technology Law -
"A comprehensive Internet resource
on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal
issues." Good starting point for info on patents, contracts, trademarks, the law on linking and
framing internet sites, and more.
- Bureau of Justice Assistance - a
component of the U.S. Department of Justice, BJA provides
leadership and assistance in support of local criminal justice strategies to achieve safe communities
- Corrections Connection - Online network for corrections and
criminal justice professionals and others looking for information in this field. Links to official Federal, State, County, Community, and
International corrections pages.
- CrimeLynx - Legal research,
Forensics, Investigation, Crime Policy.
- Criminal Justice links - from Florida State University.
This directory pulls together many Internet resources. The category topics have links to information on juveniles, drugs, prisons, police,
courts, community corrections, and crime prevention.
- Criminal Justice reference - from About.com.
- Cybrary - References to over
12,000 Criminal Justice websites.
- ECOLEX - Gateway to
Environmental Law -An international database of environmental law. You can
search through treaties, national legislation, court decisions and/or
journal literature. Links to the full text of any documents available free
online.
- FBI Uniform Crime Reports
- FindLaw Constitutional Law Center - features an
easy-to-read guide that leads visitors through historical documents, biographies, and Supreme Court decisions.
- Health Law - Overview and resources by Cornell University Law School.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic - Legal links.
- Legal Information Institute - from the Cornel Law School. Web based legal information, Constitutions
& Codes, Court opinions and more. The topical guides, called
"Law about..." are especially useful.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Search more than 160,000 full text publications, reports, articles, covering juvenile
justice, hate crimes, elderly victims, rape, sexual assault, domestic
violence, etc.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
Statistics
- Virginia Code - Searchable database.
- U.S. Code - Searchable database.
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