Criminal Justice Books to Borrow
Online catalog subjects
Welcome to the ACC Library's research guide for criminal justice topics!
Search for books with ACC Library's online catalog, using the search box above right.
Subject headings like these work well to find books in the ACC Library:
Criminal justice
Crime
Victims of crimes
Criminal justice, Administration of
Crime prevention
Gangs
Police administration
Women, Crimes against
Prisons
Police - United States
Police questioning
Confession (Law) -- United States
Racial profiling in law enforcement
Police shootings
Law enforcement -- United States
Criminal investigation
Criminal Statistics
Forensic sciences
You may also find some books listed in the catalog from ABC-CLIO publishers that are available full-text electronically, such as Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties under the Law and The Right to Bear Arms.
Finding Books
Need more? See this page: Finding Books.
Books in the ACC Library
Reference books, on the main floor, offer quick background information and overviews on subjects. Here are some examples:
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (vol. 1-4)
(Also online in Gale Virtual Reference Library; see below.)
REF. HV 6017 .E52 2002
Dictionary of Crime Terms
REF. HV 6017 .S54 2003
Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice
REF. HV 6252 .H36 2005
Crime Classification Manual
REF. HV 6253 .C75 2006
Environmental Crime: A Sourcebook
REF. HV 6403 .B87 2004
Encyclopedia of Terrorism
REF. HV 6431 .K883 2003
Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime
REF. HV 6441 .D48 2005
Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism
REF. HV 6441 .O745 2008
Encyclopedia of White-collar Crime
REF. HV 6768 .E65 2007
Ency. Of High-Tech Crime and Crime Fighting
REF. HV 6773 .N48 2004
Hate Crimes ("Library in a Book" series)
REF. HV 6773.52 .S768 2003
Atlas of Crime : Mapping the Criminal Landscape
REF. HV 6783 .A85 2000
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (vol. 1-3)
REF. HV 8073 .E58 2000
Criminal Justice
REF. HV 7411 .C75 2006
Encyclopedia of Police Science
REF. HV 7901 .E53 2007
Encyclopedia of Forensic Science
REF. HV 8073 B425 2004
FBI Encyclopedia
REF. HV 8144 .F43 .N48 2003
Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice
REF. HV 9104 .E58 2003
Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court (vol. 1-3)
REF. KF 8742 .A35 E53 2001
Capital Punishment ("Library in a Book" series)
REF. KF 9227 C2 .F53 2006
Substantive Criminal Law (vol.1-3)
REF. KF 9219 .L386 2003
A Summary of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions for the Criminal Justice Community
REF. KF 9614 .D458 2000
Criminal Procedure
REF. KF 9619 .L34 2007
Search and Seizure: A Treatise on the Fourth Amendment (vol. 1-6)
REF. KF 9630 .L26 2004
Encyclopedia of DNA and the United States Criminal Justice System
REF. RA 1057.55 .P34 2004
Statistics:
Statistical Abstract of the United States
REF. HA 202 .A38 (annual)
World Almanac and Book of Facts
REF. AY 67 .N5 W7 (annual)
Crime in the United States
REF. HV 6787 .A3 (annual)
- The U. S. Supreme Court
Call Number: Ref. KF8742.A35 F53 2007
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Electronic Books
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