Selected Library Resources for
Sociology 262
“Criminology”
Online version available at
http://people.hws.edu/hunter/walsh262.htm
Prof. James Walsh
Michael Hunter Reference Librarian
Reference and Main
Collection Works:
Print:
Crime in the United States. REF HV8073 .T55
Encyclopedia of crime and justice /
Sanford H. Kadish, editor in chief. REF' HV6017 .E52 1983
Encyclopedia of organized crime in the United States : from Capone's Chicago to the new urban underworld /
Robert J. Kelly. REF'
HV6446 .K43 2000
Forensic science : an
encyclopedia of history, methods, and techniques / William J. Tilstone, Kathleen A. Savage, and Leigh A. Clark. REF HV8073 .T55 2006
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Black's Law dictionary :
definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence,
ancient and modern / by Henry Campbell Black. REF' KF156 .B53 1979
Dictionary of modern legal usage /
Bryan A. Garner. REF'
KF156 .G367 1995
Historic U.S. court cases, 1690-1990
: an encyclopedia / by John W. Johnson. REF' KF385 .A4J64 1992
Sexuality and the law : an
encyclopedia of major legal cases / by Arthur S. Leonard. REF' KF9325 .A7L46 1993
Shepard's acts and cases by popular names, federal and state. REF KF80 .S5 1999
West's encyclopedia of American law. REF KF154 .W47 1998
Online:
Cambridge
Dictionary of Sociology
World
of Criminal Justice
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American Sociological Association Style Guide:
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