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Criminal Justice LibGuide: E-Books

This guide was created by Benedict College Librarian Brian Crawley to offer basic library and web resources for those studying Criminal Justice. The LibGuide offers suggested books, database, webpages and more for beginning research in the field of Crimin

Examples of Criminal Justice Books

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Finding eBooks

The first step in finding eBooks is to click on the Online Catalog Search prompt. Here you can find materials in the physical book, eBook, and journal article format.

For eBooks, type in your topic of choice. Results will show up in many formats, but to narrow it down to eBooks, go to the left of the screen and click on ‘Available Online.’ Among the results, the word ‘Book’ will appear above the book title, and ‘Available Online’ will appear below it. These titles are eBooks.

Criminal Justice Library of Congress Classification

Books in the Benjamin F. Payton Learning Resources Center are organized by Library of Congress call numbers. For criminal justice and related disciplines, the principal call numbers are:

HV7231-9960                            Criminal justice administration

HV7428                                              Social work with delinquents and criminals

HV7431                                              Prevention of crime, methods, etc.

HV7435-7439                                      Gun control

HV7551-8280.7                                   Police.  Detectives.  Constabulary

HV7935-8025                                      Administration and organization

HV8031-8080                                      Police duty.  Methods of protection

HV8035-8069                                      Special classes of crimes, offenses

                                                                           and criminals

HV8073-8079.35                                 Investigation of crimes.  Examination

                                                                           and identification of prisoners

HV8079.2-8079.35                              Police social work

HV8079.5-8079.55                             Traffic control.  Traffic accident investigation

HV8081-8099                                     Private detectives.  Detective bureaus

HV8130-8280.7                                         By region or country

HV8290-8291                                     Private security services

HV8301-9920.7                                  Penology.  Prisons.  Corrections

HV9051-9230.7                                  The juvenile offender.  Juvenile delinquency.

                                                                     Reform schools, etc.

HV9261-9430.7                                   Reformation and reclamation of adult

prisoners

HV9441-9920.7                                    By region or country

HV9950-9960                                       By region or country

 

Related subject areas:

H Social Sciences

HM Sociology

HN-HV Various fields in sociology

BF Psychology

K Law