GSU Library Research Guides: CRJU 4020: Criminal Justice Policy Analysis: Databases for Scholarly Articles

Google Scholar

Find a chronology of events and laws.

Keywords: school shootings
gun violence

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Provides in-depth coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy dating back to 1991.

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Topic: school-to-prison pipeline

Crime and Punishment in America: an Encyclopedia of Trends and Controversies in the Justice System [2 Volumes] by Laura L. Finley (Editor)
ISBN: 1610699289
Should people be able to use lethal force before retreating? What are the arguments for and against executing mentally ill inmates? Should police always need warrants to search individuals or their property? How can we best hold accountable white collar offenders? Why do men perpetrate crime at higher rates than women? This two-volume set grapples with the answers to these complex questions and many more, enabling readers to better understand current crime/punishment issues within the context of America's ever-evolving culture, economy, and politics. This multidisciplinary reference work offers a current and thorough compilation of the most important and hotly contested topics related to crime and criminal justice. Organized alphabetically, each entry presents scholarly research and authoritative sources to inform readers about the subject.

Criminal Justice

Keywords: mass incarceration and empirical study
mass incarceration and quantitative study

Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Content covers the subjects of criminal justice, criminal law and procedure, corrections and prisons, police and policing, criminal investigation, forensic sciences and investigation, history of crime, substance abuse and addiction, probation and parole, and criminology.
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Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window
A database of US and international criminal justice journals, supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, litigation, and crime trends. It includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports, and crime blogs.
Criminology: A SAGE Full Text Collection This link opens in a new window
This collection includes the full text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies and up to 87 years of backfiles. It covers subjects such as criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence.

Education

Keywords: school to prison pipeline and empirical

ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education providing access to educational-related literature to facilitate the use of educational research and information to improve practice. Access to ERIC is provided by EBSCO.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Developed from the merger of EBSCO and H.W. Wilson databases, and provides full-text education journals, international English-language periodicals, monographs, yearbooks, and more.

This multidisciplinary database limits results to empirical articles.

APA PsycInfo® This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology. Includes information on related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
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Public Policy Database

Keywords: mass incarceration policy and empirical
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PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
The PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Index database contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more.