Crime & Delinquency Prevention

Scholarly Journal Articles

Here is a selection of databases/indexes that include peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles. Contact me for further suggestions.

• Criminal Justice Abstracts
  Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing. The database contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice.
  
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• National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
  The NCJRS database covers the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice. It contains summaries of more than 190,000 publications including books, government reports, research reports, and unpublished research. It also includes content from 189 journals, including 12 with core coverage.
  >> Look for a URL to the full text first. Many of the publications indexed by the NCJRS are freely available online. Use the interlibrary loan function on the FindIt menu only if there is no URL in the record.
• Sociological Abstracts
  Indexes scholarly journals in the field of sociology.
• Social Services Abstracts
  Covers current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas.
• ERIC
  The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. It indexes both journal articles and reports from government and private agencies.
• PsycINFO
  Indexes journals, dissertations and some books in the fields of personality psychology, social psychology, educational psychology and more.
• Find further indexes on the Criminal Justice Subject Guide or ask for recommendations.

Background Research

The Library has a large number of subject specific online encyclopedias with up-to-date articles on your paper topic. They will lead you to exhaustive and well-researched articles that are written and signed by scholars. Jump start your research with valuable background information, a detailed overview and/or a bibliography of current research. Here is an examples of a typical encyclopedia article:  "Delinquency, III. Trends and Data." Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice. 2003.

 Recommended E-Reference Resources

  21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook

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  Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

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  Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice

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  Encyclopedia of Education

Intended to provide a comprehensive description of the enterprise of education both within the United States and throughout the world.
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  Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice

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  Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement

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  Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities

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  Encyclopedia of School Psychology

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  Encyclopedia of Social Problems

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  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.
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  OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book

More and more, OJJDP has been turning to high-tech solutions and the Internet to inform the public of new research findings and their implications for the juvenile justice field. The OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book (SBB) enables users to access online information via OJJDP's Web site to learn more about juvenile crime and victimization and about youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Developed for OJJDP by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, SBB provides timely and reliable statistical answers to the most frequently asked questions from policymakers, the media, and the general public. In addition, the data analysis and dissemination tools available through SBB give users quick and easy access to detailed statistics on a variety of juvenile justice topics.
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Books

• The Library's online catalog

subject search:  "juvenile delinquency" AND schools
subject search: "juvenile delilnquency" AND prevention

• WorldCat
  A catalog of library holdings worldwide. WorldCat will indicate any local library holdings and also offers an inter-library loan request option.
• Dissertations & Theses Full Text
• E-Z Borrow and Interlibrary Loan
  Interlibrary loan is available for books and journals that are not owned by Falvey. EZ-Borrow is usually faster than interlibrary loan, since the books come from a local library network. EZ-Borrow can be used for books that the Library owns, but that are currently checked out by somebody else.

Citing your sources

• Documenting Sources in APA Style
  Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker. Includes sample paper and list of cited reference in APA style.
  Sample APA style paper and list of cited references.

• Export references in APA style for your cited reference list.
  Use the "Add to Folder" links to create a list of potentially useful articles then switch to Folder View and Select all items. Click on the "Save as File" icon to the right of your results and select APA in the drop down menu under "Citation Format." Click on "Save" and then copy and paste the resulting list of APA style citations into your word file. APA is the most widely used style in the social sciences.
  

• Refworks
  Never type a bibliography again! RefWorks will help you easily gather, manage, and store bibliographic citations for all types of information, as well as generate footnotes and bibliographies.

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