Subject Guides: Criminology: Find an article

Criminology Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window Criminal Justice Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology. Criminal Justice Abstracts contains more than 400,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation.
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2. Identify the keywords (the main topic terms) in the question or topic

3. Using the keywords, do a search in Library catalog for books

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