Administration of Justice

Useful Web Sites:

Visit Grossmont College's Administration of Justice department web site.

California
	Office of the Attorney General This "Criminal Justice Statistics Center" gives links to a wide variety of publications focusing on the prevention of crime and violence in California.
Federal
	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Provides feature stories in a variety of categories, e.g., Arson, Violent Crime, and Gangs.
	Fingerprint Identification: an Overview Their mission: "To provide the highest standard of training for proper preparation and processing of fingerprint submissions and criminal history record data to our internal and external customers, to continue forging partnerships with the law enforcement community, working toward the common goal of reducing terrorist and criminal activities, to inspire change and develop innovative, effective training in accordance with the needs of our customers."
	National Criminal Justice Reference Service Frequently updated, this resource offers links to topics in these categories: Corrections, Courts. Crime, Crime Prevention, Drugs, Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, and Victims (as well as an A-Z listing).
	United States Department of Justice Leads to useful links such as "most wanted" fugitives and missing persons, FBI publications and MUCH more.
Local
	City of San Diego Police Department Offers dozens of links such as: "Help Us Help You," "In Your Neighborhood," "Crime Statistics/Maps," and a list that lets you complete the sentence: "I want to..."
	San Diego County Public Law Library This very popular site proudly proclaims: "Serving the legal information needs of San Diego County citizens since 1891." A new "Ask Now" link provides 24/7 chat reference.
Research
	Court TV's Crime Library Provides information in these categories: serial killers, notorious murders, criminal mind, terrorists & spies, and gangsters. This is a commercial site (Courtroom Television Network), so use with caution.
	Dr. Cecil Greek's "Criminal Justice Links" at Florida State University A good "starting point" for inquisitive researchers who can select one of his "Major Pages" or search the site via a text-entry box located at the bottom of the left-edge margin.
	Justice Studies at San Jose State University A degree-granting program that "provides a broad, research based interdisciplinary curriculum that addresses issues of justice and injustice in our rapidly changing world."
	Racial Profiling "...occurs when race is used by law enforcement or private security officials, to any degree, as a basis for criminal suspicion in non-suspect specific investigations." Features the "AIUSA's groundbreaking 2004 report Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, National Security, and Human Rights in the United States." From Amnesty International USA.
	Your Public Law Library Offers a "Mini-Research Class" in basic legal research including a hyper-linked list of sections--each of which have many links to helpful sources.

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(More will be added--send me suggestions)

Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings:

For the subject:	Search under:
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE	CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF
CRIMINALISTICS	FORENSIC SCIENCES

Electronic Reference Materials: (Available online)

Encyclopedia of crime and justice	HV 6017 E53 2002 E-BOOK
Encyclopedia of genocide and crimes against humanity	HV 6322.7 E53 2004 E-BOOK
Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics	HV 7245 N37B online

Reference Materials: (Located in the Grossmont Library)

Case Studies	Call Number
Famous American crimes and trials	REF HV 9950 F36 2004
Profiling and criminal justice in America	REF HV 9950 B86 2004

Dictionaries
The American dictionary of criminal justice	REF HV 7411 C48 2005
The dictionary of crime terms	REF HV 6017 S54 2003
Facts on file dictionary of forensic science	REF HV 8073 B426 2004
Forensic science: an illustrated dictionary	REF HV 8073 B677 2004

Encyclopedias
The encyclopedia of American law enforcement	REF HV 8133 N48 2007
Encyclopedia of crime and punishment, 4 v	REF HV 6017 E524 2002
Encyclopedia of forensic science	REF HV 8073 B425 2004
Encyclopedia of law enforcement, 3 v	REF HV 7921 E53 2005
Encyclopedia of prisons, 2 v	REF HV 9471 B675 2005
Encyclopedia of terrorism	REF HV 6431 K883 2003
Encyclopedia of white collar & corporate crime, 2 v	REF HV 6768 E63 2005

Vocational Guidance
Criminal justice and criminology	REF HV 9950 A54 2003

Last updated on 05/12/08 by Michelle Blackman