Government Publications and Law
Reference Shelf: Justice
Page Contains:
- Justice- General Resources
- Federal Agencies & Offices
- California Agencies & Offices
- Library Databases
- Public Databases
- Statistical Sources
- Publications
- Crime
- Law Enforcement
- Prisons & Jails
Justice- General Resources
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Office of the Attorney General
- Office of the Inspector General
- Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
- Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- Office of Legal Counsel
- US Courts
- US National Central Bureau of INTERPOL
- US Sentencing Commission
- Office of the Attorney General of the State of California
- California Courts
- California Center for Families, Children & the Courts
- Includes statistics and reports on juvenile crime and delinquency, child custody and support, and domestic violence
Library Databases: Require on-site UCSC or OCA access
- LexisNexis Academic
- LexisNexis Congressional
- Academic Search Complete from EBSCO
- Criminology Full Text
- Westlaw Campus
- Sociological Abstracts
- PsycInfo
- CQ Supreme Court Collection
- FORENSICSnetBASE
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Federal Sentencing Statistics
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- From University at Albany, School of Criminal Justice
- Statistical Briefing Book
- "Statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system"
- Crime in California
- "The most comprehensive set of data on California crimes, arrests, and criminal justice actions"
- Offender Information Services Branch
- From the CDCR; includes statistical population and demographics reports on inmates and parolees
- SafeState: County Data
- From the California Attorney General's Office; find data on a county level for a variety of crimes from 1999 to present
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Resources on crime, victim assistance, and public safety; "hosts one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world, the NCJRS Abstracts Database"
- National Institute of Justice
- From the Office of Justice Programs; research and reports on crime control and justice, includes the NIJ Journal
- Memoranda & Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel
- FBI Reports & Publications
- World Criminal Justice Library Network
- Through the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
- Legal Opinions of the Attorney General of California
UCSC Research & Subject Guides
Research Guides: Include print and online resources available at UCSC
Crime
- Office for Victims of Crime
- FBI Uniform Crime Reports
- SafeState
- From the California Attorney General's Office; reports and statistics on domestic violence, drug & alcohol abuse, hate crimes, school safety, etc. in California
Law Enforcement
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- United States Marshals Service
- US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
- US Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives
- Transportation Security Administration
- US Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Prisons & Jails
Updated August 27, 2008
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