TCRIM 372 Adult Corrections: Find Articles
Featured Titles
- Corrections Today1994-present. Articles on all areas of corrections, news and legislation, commentary, profiles, book reviews and research perspectives published for members of the American Correctional Association.
- Criminal Justice1986-2012. Magazine intended for defense lawyers, prosecutors, judges, academics, and other criminal justice professionals with a focus on the practice and policy issues of the criminal justice system.
- Criminal Justice and Behavior1999-present. Peer-reviewed journal covering scholarly evaluations of assessment, classification, prevention, intervention, and treatment programs to help the correctional professional develop successful programs based on sound and informative theoretical and research foundations.
- Journal of Criminal Justice1973-present. International journal focused on the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area.
- Journal of Offender Rehabilitation1997-present. Peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal of innovation in research, services and programs in criminal justice and corrections.
- The Prison Journal1999-present. Peer-reviewed journal for studies, ideas, and discussions of adult and juvenile confinement, treatment interventions, and alternative sanctions.
Criminal Justice Related Databases
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full-Text This link opens in a new window
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Covers criminal justice areas including 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.
- NCJRS Abstracts Database (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)Contains summaries of the more than 200,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection. Federally funded reports are available as full text. To find full text of other publications, search the UW Catalog for the title of the book, report or journal.
Social Work and Psychology Related Databases
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Peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology in areas including cognition, memory, perception, physiological psychology, and social and personality psychology. - PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Academic, research, and practice literature in behavioral science and mental health. - Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Current research on social work, social welfare, human services, social policy, and community development. - Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Journal literature by the National Association of Social Workers.
Cross-discipline databases
- Communication Source This link opens in a new window
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Journals in communication, mass media and related fields. - CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
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Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day. Each report includes an introductory overview, background and chronology on the topic, an assessment of the current situation, tables and maps, pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, and bibliographies of key sources. Includes reports from 1923 - current. - PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
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Social and public policy literature from periodicals, government documents, books, and other sources.