Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. 2nd ed. Edited by Joshua Dressler. Macmillan Reference. 4 vols. (Reference HV6017.ES2 2002)
The most significant criminal justice encyclopedia, it has long signed articles with accompanying bibliographies providing information on concepts, theories, principles and research-related to criminal behavior and criminal justice legal issues.
Black's Law Dictionary. 7th ed. West, 1999. (Reference KF156.B53 1999)
This is the standard legal dictionary.
Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Frank Schmalleger. Greenwood, 1997. (Reference HV6789 .C6884 1997)
All entries are signed and include "recommended reading."
Oliver Cyriax. Crime: An Encyclopedia. Deutsch, 1993. (Reference HX6017.C67 1993)
Medium-length articles, mostly entertaining and focusing on famous cases. Includes a general list of resources
Ralph De Sola. Crime Dictionary. rev. and expanded ed. Facts on File, 1988. (Reference HV6025.D43 1988)
Brief definitions of terms used both by criminals and by law enforcement officials including abbreviations, initialisms, proper names and places, some legal and medical terms, nicknames of prisons.
Vergil L. Williams. Dictionary of American Penology. Rev. and expanded edition. Greenwood, 1996. (Reference HV9304.W54 1996)
Terms, names of institutions and organizations, and articles on the correctional systems of each state are included along with lists of references and a statistical section on the characteristics of the criminal justice systems.
Encyclopedia of American Prisons. Ed. by Marilyn D. McShane and Frank P. Williams III. Garland, 1996. (Reference HV9471.E425 1996)
Signed articles with bibliographies focus on prisons and the correctional system. Includes the names of people, associations, and prisons.
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. Ed. by Jay A. Siegel. Academic Press, 2000. 3 vols. (Reference HV8073 .E58 2000)
Long, signed articles (or, in some cases, groups of articles) with many illustrations and some references for further reading cover collection, preservation, and analysis of evidence and presentation of expert testimony.
Encyclopedia of Police Science. Ed. by William G. Bailey. Garland, 1989. (Reference HV7901.E53 1989)
Purpose is to provide an introductory statement about a large number of topics. Signed articles include a list of sources.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. West, 1998. 12 vols. (Reference KF154.W47 1998)
A major new multivolume encyclopedia aimed at a general audience. In addition to terms and concepts of U.S. law, it covers a "wide variety of persons, entities, and events that have shaped the U.S. legal system."
Crime Classification Manual Ed. by John E. Douglas et. al. Lexington Books, 1992. (Reference HV6253 .C75 1992)
Presents a standardized system for investigating and classifying violent crime. This work represents the results of a ten-year project by the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Part I covers three major crime categories classified to date and defines characteristics, victimology, crime scene indicators, forensics, and investigative considerations where applicable. Part II provides a review of the study of crime.
Crime in America's Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Profile 1995-1996. Universal Reference Publications, 1995. (Reference HV6787 .C73 1995)
Crime data for 75 cities cited in magazine surveys as the best places for business and living.
Hundreds of reports and statistical compendia.
Latest crime data from the U.S. Government presented in table and graph formats.
