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Scope Note

The focus of this select bibliography is criminal justice as a field of practice of social work. The titles 
are represented in the collection of the Howard University Libraries. For the convenience of our users the Library's classification notation is given next to each listed item. 
Internet sources are also included.

Criminal justice is one of the courses taught in the Howard University School of Social Work. Topics 
used in the index below relate to courses for the Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) and doctoral degrees 
which are offered at the School.

Check the Library's catalog STERLING under specific topics for additional resources.
 

 

Administration of Justice (the criminal justice system: law, police, courts, corrections, government)

Albanese, J. S. (2002). Criminal justice. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. HV6789 .A366 2002 

Barlow, H. (Ed.). (1995). Crime and public policy : putting theory to work. Boulder, CO: Westview 
Press. 
HV6035 .C73 1995 

Baumann, F. E., & Jensen, K. M. (Eds.). (1989). Crime and punishment : issues in criminal justice
Charlottesville: Published for the Public Affairs Conference Center, Kenyon College by the University 
Press of Virginia.
HV9950 C743 1989 

Brown, L. P. (Ed.). (1974). The administration of criminal justice : a view from Black America. 
[Washington]: Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Howard University.
KF9223 Z9 B68 

Calder, J. D. (1993).The origins and development of federal crime control policy : Herbert Hoover's 
initiatives.
Westport, CT: Praeger.
HV9950 .C34 1993 

Claster, D. S. (1992). Bad guys and good guys : moral polarization and crime. Westport, CT: 
Greenwood Press.
HV9950 .C53 1992 

Crime in the United States. (1999-). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. 
Dept. of Justice.
HV6787 .A3 2000 

Davis, J. R.(1990). Criminal justice in New York City. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 
HV9956.N5 D38 1990 

Free, M. D. Jr. (1996). African Americans and the criminal justice system. New York: Garland 
Publications.
HV9950 .F74 1996 

Gabbidon, S., Greene, H. T., & Young, V. D. (Eds.). (2002). African American classics in 
criminology & criminal justice.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
HV6197.U5 A38 2002

Hanes, Richard Clay. Crime and punishment in America. Almanac. Detroit: UXL, c2005. HV9950 .H39 2005

McKenzie, I. K., & Bull, R. (Eds.). (2002). Criminal justice research : inspiration, influence and 
ideation
. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
HV7405 .C75 2002

Malcolm W. Klein, M. W., & Teilmann. K. S. Handbook of criminal justice evaluation. Beverly 
Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
HV7921 H33 

Meyer, R. G. (1992). Abnormal behavior and the criminal justice system. New York: Lexington 
Books. 
HV6133 .M53 1992

National Commission on Crime and Justice. (1993). A Call to action : an analysis and overview 
of the United States criminal justice system, with recommendations
. L. M. Thurston, (Ed.). 
Chicago: Third World Press.
KF9223 .C35 1993 

Peak, K. J.(1995). Justice administration : police, courts, and corrections management. 
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
HV9950 .P43 1995

Pursley, R. D. (1987).  Introduction to criminal justice. New York: Macmillan. KF9223 P86 1987 

Reiman, J. H. (1996). --and the poor get prison : economic bias in American criminal justice. 
Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
HV9950 .R458 1996

Schmalleger, F., & Armstrong, G. M. (Eds.). (1997). Crime and the justice system in America : 
an encyclopedia.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
HV6789 .C6884 1997  

Schmalleger, F. (2001). Criminal justice : a brief introduction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 
HV9950 .S34 2001 

Senna, J. J. (2002). Introduction to criminal justice. Minneapolis: West Pub. Co. KF9223 .S4 2002 

Sulton, A. T. (Ed.). (1996). African-American perspectives on crime causation, criminal justice 
administration, and crime prevention
. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann. 
HV6028 .A33 1996

Swaton, J. N. (1984). Administration of justice : an introduction. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole. 

HV9950 S95 1984
 

Thurston, L. M. (Ed.). (1993). A Call to action : an analysis and overview of the United States 
criminal justice system
, with recommendations [by] National Commission on Crime and Justice. 
Chicago: Third World Press.
KF9223 .C35 1993 

Walker, S., Spohn, C., & DeLone, M. (1996). The color of justice : race, ethnicity, and crime in 
America
.  Belmont: Wadsworth Pub. Co.
HV9950 .W33 1996

Wright, B.(1996).  Black justice in a white world : a memoir. New York: Barricade Books.
KF373.W67 A32 1996 

Administration of Justice : Internet Sources

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Minnesota. House of Representatives. Basic information on criminal justice Issues.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) - Courts

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

Office of Justice Programs 

United States Department of Justice (home page)

United States Sentencing Commission

Corrections (Institutions, detention facilities, returning to society, returning to prison)

Albrecht, P.- A., &  Backes, O., (Eds.). (1989). Crime prevention and intervention: legal and ethical 
problems.
NY: W. de Gruyter.
HV7431 .C723 1989 

Aukerman, R. B., & McGarry, P. (Eds.) (1994). Combining substance abuse treatment with 
intermediate sanctions for adults in the criminal justice system.
 Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. 
of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. 

HV8836.5 .A94 1994
 

Champion, D. J. (1994). Measuring offender risk : a criminal justice sourcebook. Westport, 
CT: Greenwood Press.
HV9950 .C453 1994 

Corrections today [Electronic Journal]

Ekland-Olson, S., & Kelly, W. R. (1993). Justice under pressure : a comparison of recidivism 
patterns among four successive  parolee cohorts
. New York: Springer-Verlag.
HV9475.T4 E55 1993 

Gillespie, W. (2003). Prisonization : individual and institutional factors affecting inmate conduct
New York: LFB Scholarly Pub.
HV9471.G555 2003 

Goodstein, L., & MacKenzie, D. L. (eds.). (1989). The American prison : issues in research 
and policy. New York: Plenum Press.
HV9469 A777 1989 

Hall, R. C., Huff, C. R., & Lilly, J. R. (1988). House arrest and correctional policy: doing time at 
home.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
HV9469 B18 1988 

Harris, R. (1992). Crime, criminal justice, and the probation service. New York: Tavistock/Routledge. 
HV9345.A5 H36 1992 

Johnson, R. (1996). Hard time : understanding and reforming the prison. Belmont: Wadsworth 
Pub. Co. 
HV9471 .J64 1996 

Karp, D. R., & Clear, T. R. (Eds.). (2002). What is community justice? : case studies of
restorative justice and community supervision.
Thousand Oaks [CA]: Sage Publications. 

HV9304 .W45 2002 

Kupers, T. A. (1999). Prison madness : the mental health crisis behind bars and what we must 
do about it.
 San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
RC451.4.P68 K87 1999 

McShane, M. D., & Williams, III, F. P. (1993). The management of correctional institutions. 
New York: Garland.
HV9469 .M37 1993

Simon, J. (1993). Poor discipline : parole and the social control of the underclass, 1890-1990. 
Chicago: University of Chicago.
HV9304 .S54 1993 

Terry, C. M. (2003).  The fellas : overcoming prison and addiction. Belmont, CA: 
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
. HV5825.T475 2003

Thomas, C. W. (1987). Corrections in America : problems of the past and the present. 
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
HV9471 T47 1987 

Corrections : Internet Sources

American Parole and Probation Association

Criminal Offenders Statistics U.S. Dept. of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) - Corrections

National Institute of Corrections

NCJRS - Drugs and Crime

United Nations Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention

U.S. Dept of Justice - Probation and Parole Statistics 

U.S. Dept of Justice -Foster Safe Communities 

U.S. Dept of Justice - Faith-Based Community Initiatives 

Vera Institute of Justice - Sentencing and corrections

Crime and victimization (theories, causation, patterns, trends)

Lurigio, A. J.,  Skogan, W. G., & Davis, R. C. (Eds.). (1990). Victims of crime: problems, policies, 
and programs.  Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 
HV6250.3 U5 V54 1990 

McShane, M., & Williams III, F. P. (Eds.). (1997) Victims of crime and the victimization process.
New York: Garland Pub.
HV6250.3.U5 V535 1997 

Morgan, J., & Zedner, L. (1992). Child victims : crime, impact, and criminal justice. New York: 
Oxford University Press.
HV6250.4.C48 M67 1992 

Moriarty, L. J., & Jerin, R. A. (Eds.). (1998). Current issues in victimology  research. Durham, NC: 
Carolina Academic Press.
HV6250.3.U5 C87 1998 

Roberts, J. V., & Hough, M. (Eds.). (2002). Changing attitudes to punishment: public opinion, crime 
and justice.
Portland, OR: Willan Pub.
HV8708 .C43 2002 

Shapland, J., Wilmore, J., & Duff, P. (1985). Victims in the criminal justice system. Brookfield, VT: 
Gower.
HV6250.3 G7 S52 1985 

Sulton, A. T. (Ed.). (1996). African-American perspectives on crime causation, criminal justice 
administration, and crime prevention
. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
HV6028 .A33 1996

Crime and victimization: Internet Sources

Office for victims of Crime (OVC)Putting Victims First.

NCJRS - Victims of Crime

U.S. Dept of Justice. Office for Victims of Crime

Vera Institute of Justice -Crime and victimization 

Criminal law (purpose, history, constitutional procedure)

American journal of criminal law. 

Costanzo, M., & Oskamp, S. (Eds.). (1994). Violence and the law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 
Publications.
HV6789 .V56 1994 

Crime, law, and social change. 

Jackson, B. (1984). Law and disorder : criminal justice in America. Urbana [Ill.]: University of 
Illinois Press.
HV9950 J33 1984 

Ross, H. L. (Ed.). (1981). Law and deviance. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. K376 L353 

Shichor, D., & Sechrest, D. K. (Eds.). (1996). Three strikes and you're out: vengeance as public 
policy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
HV9950 .S55 1996 

Criminal law: Internet Sources

American Law Sources On-line

FindLaw for legal professional

The 'Lectric Law Library Lawcopedia's CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Cornell Law School. Legal Information Institute. U.S. Code, Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Library of Congress. Thomas: the legislative information on the internet

Criminology theory (schools of thought)

Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K. (2001). The practice of research in criminology and criminal justice. 
Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
HV6024.5 .B33 2001 

Hawkins, J. D. (Ed.). (1996). Delinquency and crime : current theories. New York: Cambridge 
University Press.
HV9069 .D43 1996 

Jupp, V. (1989).  Methods of criminological research. Boston: Unwin Hyman. HV6024.5 J87 1989 

Lilly, J. R., Cullen, F. T., & Ball, R. A. (1995). Criminological theory: context and consequences. 
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
HV6018 .L55 1995 

McKenzie, I. K., & Bull, R. (Eds.). (2002). Criminal justice research : inspiration, influence and 
ideation
. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing company. 
HV7405 .C75 2002 

Miethe, T. D., & Meier, R. F. (1994). Crime and its social context : toward an integrated theory 
of offenders, victims, and situations.
Albany: State University of New York Press.
HV6018 .M54 1994 

Criminology theory: Internet Sources

Crimetheory.com - Bibliography of  Theoretical Criminology

Carlen, P., & Worrall, A. (Eds.). (1987). Gender, crime, and justice. Philadelphia: Open University 
Press.
 HV6046 G46 1987
 

Chesney-Lind, M. (1997). The female offender : girls, women, and crime. Thousand Oaks: 
Sage Publications.
HV6046 .C54 1997

Daly, K. (1994). Gender, crime, and punishment. New Haven: Yale University Press.
HV9956.N48 D35 1994 

Flowers, R. B. (1995). Female crime, criminals, and cellmates : an exploration of female 
criminality and delinquency
. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. 
HV6046 .F56 1995 

Gelsthorpe, L. (1989). Sexism and the female offender : an organizational 
analysis
. Brookfield, VT: Gower.
HV6046 G45 1989

Heidensohn, F. (1995). Women and crime. Washington Square, NY: New York University 
Press. 
HV6046 .H45 1995 

Mahan, S. (1996). Crack cocaine, crime, and women : legal, social, and treatment issues.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 
HV5824.W6 M34 1996 

Rafter, N. H., & Heidensohn, F. (Eds.). (1995). International feminist perspectives in criminology : 
engendering a discipline.
Philadelphia: Open University Press.
HV6030 .I495 1995 

Ross, R. R., & Fabiano, E. A. (1996).  Female offenders : correctional afterthoughts. Jefferson, 
NC: McFarlane.
HV6046 R64 1986 

Simon, R. J., & Landis, J. (1991). The crimes women commit, the punishment they receive. 
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
HV6046 S54 1991 

Smart, C. (1989).  Feminism and the power of law. New York: Routledge. K370 S63 1989 

Feminist Criminology : Internet Sources

Crime and Gender : an essay

Female offenders in the juvenile justice system: statistics summary. June 1996.U. S. Dept. of 
Justice. Office of Justice Programs.

A Feminist Perspective on Women and Crime : an essay

Marcus-Mendoza, S., Sargent, E., & Yu, Chong Ho. [1994?]Changing Perceptions of the Etiology 
of Crime: The Relationship Between Abuse and Female Criminality.

National Efforts to Address the Needs of the Adolescent Female Offender. Juvenile Female  
Offenders: A Status of the States Report
. October 1998. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.

Recent Profile of the Adolescent Female Offender. Juvenile Female Offenders: A Status of the 
States Report.
October 1998. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Albanese, J. S. (1985). Dealing with delinquency : an investigation of juvenile justice. Lanham, MD : 
University Press of America.
HV9104. A73 1985 

Albrecht, P.- A., &  Backes, O. (Eds.). (1989). Crime prevention and intervention: legal and ethical 
problems.
NY: W. de Gruyter.
HV7431.C723 1989 

Bernard, T. J. (1992).  The cycle of juvenile justice. New York: Oxford University Press.
HV9065 .B47 1992 

Encyclopedia of juvenile justice. Marilyn D. McShane, Frank P. Williams III, editors. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2003. HV9104 .E58 2003 

Feld, B. C.(1993).  Justice for children : the right to counsel and the juvenile courts. Boston : 
Northeastern University Press.
HV9104.F44 1993 

Flowers, R. B.(1990). The adolescent criminal : an examination of today's juvenile offender.  
Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
HV9104. F63 1990 

Guide for implementing the balanced and restorative justice model: report. (1998). S. Bilchik, 
administrator. Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 
HV9104.G849 1998

Joseph, J. (1995). Black youths, delinquency, and juvenile justice. Westport, CT: Praeger. 
HV9104.J67 1995 

Juvenile & family court journal.

Juvenile and family law digest.

Juvenile justice sourcebook : past, present, and future. Edited by Albert R. Roberts. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, c2004. HV9104 .J868 2004   

Kobrin, S., Klein. M. W., & Corry, E. M. (1983). Community treatment of juvenile offenders : 
the DSO experiments
. Beverly Hills : Sage Publications. 
HV9104. K64 1983.

Leonard, K. K., Pope, C. E., & Feyerherm, W. H. (1995). Minorities in juvenile justice. Thousand 
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
HV9104.M57 1995 

McCord, J. (Ed.). (2000). Education and delinquency : summary of a workshop.Panel on Juvenile 
Crime-Prevention, Treatment, and Control. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 
HV9104.E42 2000 

McShane, M. D., & Williams III, F. P. (Eds.). (2003). Encyclopedia of juvenile justice. 
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
HV9104 .E58 2003

Morris, E. K., & Braukmann, C. J. (Eds.). (1987). Behavioral approaches to crime and delinquency :
a handbook of application, research, and concepts.
New York: Plenum Press.
HV9069. B52 1987

Resource guidelines : improving court practice in child abuse & neglect cases. Reno, NV: 
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 1995. 
REF KF9323 .R47 1995.  

Roberts, A. R. (1989). Juvenile justice : policies, programs, and services. Chicago, IL: 
Dorsey Press. 
HV9104. R6 1989 

Roberts, A. R. (Ed.). (1997). Social work in juvenile and criminal justice settings. Springfield, 
IL: C.C. Thomas.
HV7428.S5745 1997      

Rubin, H. T. (1983). Behind the black robes : juvenile court judges and the court. Beverly Hills: 
Sage Publications.
KF9794.R83 1985 

Schwartz, I. M. (Ed.). (1992). Juvenile justice and public policy : toward a national agenda. 
New York : Lexington Books.
HV9104.J866 1992 

Siegel, L. J., & Senna, J. J. (1991). Juvenile delinquency : theory, practice, and law. St. Paul, 
MN: West Pub. Co.
HV9104.S53 1991 

Torbet, P. (2000). Juveniles facing criminal sanctions: three states that changed the rules. 
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention. 
HV9076.5.T67 2000 

Vito, G. F., & Wilson, D. G.(1985).  The American juvenile justice system. Beverly Hills, 
CA: Sage Publications.
HV9104.V58 1985

Juvenile justice : Internet sources

ABA Juvenile Justice Center

Juvenile transfers to criminal court in the 1990's : lessons learned from four studies : summary / 
Howard N. Snyder, Melissa Sickmund, Eileen Poe-Yamagata. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of 
Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [2000]

National Council of Juvenile and Family court Issues

NCJRS - Juvenile Justice

OJJDP - Statistical Briefing Book 

OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention n

U.S. Dept of Justice - Prevent youth violence

Minorities and the Criminal Justice system

Chambers, J. A.(1995). Blacks and crime : a function of class. Westport, CT: Praeger.  
HV6791 .C46 1995 

Christianson, S. (Ed.).  Index to minorities & criminal justice : an index to periodicals and books 
relating to minorities and criminal justice in the United States
. Albany, NY : Center on Minorities 
and Criminal Justice, School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany. 

HV6197 U5 C48
.

Free, M. D. Jr. (1996). African Americans and the criminal justice system. New York: Garland 
Publications.
HV9950 .F74 1996 

Gabbidon, S., Greene, H. T., & Young, V. D. (Eds.) (2002). African American classics in criminology 
& criminal justice.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 
HV6197.U5 A38 2002

Joseph, J. (1995). Black youths, delinquency, and juvenile justice. Westport, CT: Praeger. 
HV9104 .J67 1995 

Leonard, K. K., Pope, C. E., & Feyerherm, W. H. (1995). Minorities in juvenile justice.Thousand 
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
HV9104 .M57 1995 

Miller, J. G.(1996).  Search and destroy : African-American males in the criminal justice system
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 
HV9950 .M55 1996
 
Ross, L. E. (1998) African American criminologists, 1970-1996 : an annotated bibliography
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
HV9950 .R67 1998  

Russell, K. K. (1998).  The color of crime : racial hoaxes, white fear, Black protectionism, police 
harassment, and other macroaggressions
. New York: New York University Press. 

HV9950 .R87 1998 

Sulton, A. T. (Ed.). (1996). African-American perspectives on crime causation, criminal justice 
administration, and crime prevention
. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
HV6028 .A33 1996

Walker, S., Spohn, C., & DeLone, M. (1996). The color of justice : race, ethnicity, and crime in 
America
.  Belmont: Wadsworth Pub. Co. 
HV9950 .W33 1996

Waters, R.(1990). Ethnic minorities and the criminal justice system. Brookfield, VT: Gower 
Pub. Co.
HV6197 G7 W38 1990 

Wright, B.(1996).  Black justice in a white world : a memoir. New York: Barricade Books. 
KF373.W67 A32 1996 

Minorities and the Criminal Justice system : Internet Sources

National Criminal Justice Association. (1999). Minorities in the criminal justice system

The police and law enforcement (history, structure, state, federal, municipal )

Bechtel, H. K. (1995). State police in the United States : a socio-historical analysis. Westport, CT: 
Greenwood Press.
HV7965 .B43 1995
 

Bouza, A.V. (1990). The police mystique : an insider's look at cops, crime, and the criminal 
justice system. New York, NY: Plenum Press.
HV8138 B595 1990 

Brewer, N., & Wilson, C (Eds.) (1995). Psychology and policing. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum 
Associates.
HV7936.P75 P78 1995 

Brown, J. A., Unsinger, P. C., & More, H. W. (Eds.). (1990). Law enforcement and social welfare : 
the emergency response
. Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas. 
HV8079.2 L37 1990 

Buhrke, R. A. (1996). A matter of justice : lesbians and gay men in law enforcement. New York: 
Routledge.
HV8138 .B85 1996 

Coffey, A. R.(1990). Law enforcement : a human relations approach. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : 
Prentice-Hall.
HV7921 C644 1990

Coulson, R. (1993). Police under pressure : resolving disputes. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.  
HV7936.P47 C68 1993 

Dulaney, W. M. (1996). Black police in America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 
HV8138 .D85 1996 

Hunt, R. G., & Magenau, J. M. (1993). Power and the police chief : an institutional and 
organizational analysis. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. 
HV8141 .H85 1993

Kelling, G. L., & Coles, C. M. (1996) Fixing broken windows : restoring order and reducing 
crime in our communities.
New York: Martin Kessler Books. 
HV8141 .K45 1996

Lashley, R. D. (1995). Policework : the need for a noble character. Westport, CT: Praeger. 
HV7924 .L37 1995 

Leinen, S. H. (1993). Gay cops .New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. HV8138 .L353 1993 

McKenzie, I. K. , & Gallagher, G. P. (1989).Behind the uniform : policing in Britain and America
New York: St. Martin's Press.
HV8195 A2 M33 1989 

Marans, S. (1995).The police-mental health partnership : a community-based response to urban 
violence.
New Haven: Yale University Press. 
HV7936.C83 M27 1995

Morgan, J. B. (1990).The police function and the investigation of crime. Brookfield, VT: Gower 
Pub. Co. 
HV8073 M77 1990 

Nadelmann, E. A. (1993). Cops across borders : the internationalization of U.S. criminal law enforcement. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. HV6252 .N33 1993 

Ohlin, L. E., & Remington, F. J. (Eds.). (1993). Discretion in criminal justice: the tension between 
individualization and uniformity
. Albany: State University of New York Press.
HV9950 .D6 1993 

Peak, K. J. (1995). Justice administration : police, courts, and corrections management. 
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
HV9950 .P43 1995 

Perez, D. W. (1994). Common sense about police review. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University 
Press.
HV8141 .P36 1994 

Robinson, C. D., Scaglion, R., &  Olivero, J. M. (1994). Police in contradiction: the evolution 
of the police function in society
. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 
HV7903 .R63 1994 

Simerson, B.K., & Markham, W. T.(1990). Evaluating police management development programs.
New York: Praeger.
HV7935 .S55 1990 

Skolnick, J. H., & Fyfe, J. J. (1993). Above the law : police and the excessive use of force. 
New York: Free Press.
HV8141 .S56 1993 

Sparrow, M.K., Moore, M. H., & Kennedy, D. M. (1990).  Beyond 911 : a new era for policing. 
New York: Basic Books.
HV7921 S657 1990 

Weisburd, D., & Uchida, C. (Eds.). (1993). Police innovation and control of the police : problems 
of law, order, and community.
New York: Springer-Verlag. 
HV7936.C83 P65 1993 

Woods, G. (1993). The police in Los Angeles : reform and professionalization. New York: Garland. 
HV8148.L55 W66 1993 

The police and law enforcement : Internet Sources

Vera Institute of Justice - Policing

NCJRS - forensic Sciences

NCJRS - Law Enforcement 

Quick References (Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories, et al)   

American Correctional Association. (1992). Directory, juvenile & adult correctional departments, 
institutions, agencies & paroling authorities
REF HV9463 .D572 1992 

Champion, Dean John. The American dictionary of criminal justice : key terms and major court cases.  Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Pub., c2005. HV7411 .C48 2005    

Beckman, E. (Ed.). (1979). The criminal justice dictionary. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press. 
HV6017 B4  

Benamati, D. C. (1998). Criminal justice information : how to find it, how to use it. Phoenix, AZ: 
Oryx Press.
HV7419.5 .C75 1998.

Brunet, J.-P. (Ed.). (1990). Dictionnaire de la police et de la pègre: américain-français, 
français-américain
. Paris : La Maison du dictionnaire. 
HV6017 .B78 1990. 

Durham, J. L.(1996).  Crime in America : a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 
HV6787 .D87 1996 

Florida State University Criminal Justice Links

Kadish, S. H. (Ed.). (1983). Encyclopedia of crime and justice. New York: Free Press. 
HV6017 E52 1983.

Kurian, G. T. (1989). World encyclopedia of police forces and penal systems. New York: 
Facts on File.
 HV7901 .K87 1989 

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