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This Criminal Justice Subject Guide is designed to help you find scholarly and non-scholarly resources relating to criminal justice and related topics. This guide can be navigated from the tabs at the top of the screen or from the "Next" and "Previous" navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen. 

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Featured eReference Books

The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Author(s): Jay S. Albanese
Publisher: Wiley

Cover of Opinions Throughout History

Opinions Throughout History: Law Enforcement in America

Author(s): Micah Issit
Publisher: Grey House Publishing

Cover of Essential Criminology

Essential Criminology

Author(s): Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry
Publisher: Westview Press

Cover of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice

The Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice

Editor(s): Jr. Martinez, Hollis Ramiro, Stowell Meghan E., Jacob I.
Publisher: Wiley

Browse Topics in Criminal Justice

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Credo Reference offers a list of topics relating to criminal justice. See Browse Topics: Criminology & Law.

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