Criminal Justice and Government

Crime Statistics in Maryland:

• Crime Statistics in Maryland (Governor’s Office)
• Uniform Crime Report in Maryland (FBI) – Latest 2018

Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) – This database supports research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. It includes full-text coverage from approximately 600 U.S. and international scholarly journals, correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material. Coverage: 1981 – current

Nexis Uni (Lexis Nexis) –  This database contains news, legal cases, law reviews, company information and many other business, law and news publications. Includes over 15,000 full-text sources. Content includes New York Times, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, company profiles, SEC filings and more.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO) – This resource is a comprehensive database with nearly 470 full-text titles. It covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

PsycINFO (EBSCO) – This database is the most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields, with more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports and dissertations. Its holdings include material from 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. Coverage: 1887 – current

SAGE Premier Journals – This database provides full-text interdisciplinary coverage that can be searched by topic or browsed by journal title. E-journal titles include:

• Crime & Delinquency
• Criminal Justice and Behavior
• Criminal Justice Policy Review
• Police Quarterly
• Punishment & Society
• Social Psychology Quarterly
• Theoretical Criminology

Sentencing Project – Sentencing Project is a research and advocacy center working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing and alternatives to incarceration. Information includes sentencing policy, incarceration, racial disparity, drug policy, juvenile justice and more.

SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO) – This full-text research database covers sociology and related disciplines, including social work, gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, racial studies and religion. It provides access to over 900 full-text peer-reviewed journals. Titles include Criminal Justice Review.

Taylor and Francis Journals – The following titles are available:

• International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
• Women and Criminal Justice

Government Documents: To locate government documents, (1) search the library catalog to link to full-text resources, or (2) search the GPO Monthly Catalog, or (3) search the State Publications Depository & Distribution Program website.

GPO Monthly Catalog (OCLC) – This searchable database is an Index to all types of government documents printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. 

GreenFILE (EBSCO) – This database is a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles. Content includes the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments and how to minimize these effects. Topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.

Maryland Manual Online – This website is a guide to the government of Maryland published by the Maryland State Archives and updated daily. It presents the structure of the Maryland government; and shows how the constitutional offices, departments and agencies are organized to meet the challenges of health care, education, public safety, transportation, planning and a myriad of other public concerns.  

Military & Government Collection (EBSCO) -This database provides full-text access for nearly 300 journals and periodicals (and 245 pamphlets) pertaining to all branches of the military and government. It is designed to offer current news to military members, analysts, policy makers and others. 

Nexis Uni (Lexis Nexis) – This database contains news, legal cases, law reviews, company information and many other business, law and news publications. Includes over 15,000 full-text sources. Content includes New York Times, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, company profiles, SEC filings and more. Note: Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.

State Publications Depository & Distribution Program – The digital collection of Maryland State publications is comprised of documents from Maryland State Agencies, Executive Commissions, Task Forces and Interstate Agencies. Subjects covered are of interest to both the public and researchers.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)

African American Studies Center (Oxford)

ArticleFirst (OCLC)

Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)

Ebook Central (ProQuest) – This database is a collection of thousands of full-text online books on a broad range of subjects in the humanities, natural and physical sciences and the social sciences. Browse the collection by subject or search it by author, title, ISBN or topic. Ebooks can be read online or downloaded to a device.

Ebook Collection (EBSCO) – Formerly NetLibrary, this collection of ebooks covers topics chosen by the University of Maryland Libraries. Subjects include business, computer science, education, environmental science, international relations, psychology and civil rights law and history.

Ebook Comprehensive Academic Collection (EBSCO) – This multidisciplinary collection includes over 200,000 ebook titles covering a large selection of academic subjects and features ebooks from leading publishers and university presses. 

Ebooks (OCLC)

JSTOR

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)

ProceedingsFirst

WorldCat