Research Guide - Justice Studies
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Multidisciplinary Databases Covering Justice Studies
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SEE ALSO: Online Journals
Online Reference Sources
Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources
Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources
Selected Sources in Axe Library
- American
Jurisprudence Legal Forms
- Atlas
Of Crime: Mapping The Criminal Landscape
- Black's
Law Dictionary
- Complete
Bill Of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources, And Origins
- The Complete
Book Of Personal Legal Forms
- The Constitution
and its Amendments
- Corpus
Juris Secundum: a Complete Restatement of the Entire American Law as Developed
by all Reported Cases
- Criminal
Justice Information: How To Find It, How To Use It
- Encyclopedia
of American Crime
- Encyclopedia
of American Prisons
- Encyclopedia
of Capital Punishment In The United States
- Encyclopedia
of Crime And Justice
- Encyclopedia
of Criminology And Deviant Behavior
- Encyclopedia
of Drugs, Alcohol And Addictive Behavior
- Encyclopedia
of Forensic Sciences
- Encyclopedia
of Juvenile Justice
- Encyclopedia
of Organized Crime In The United States
- Encyclopedia
of Serial Killers
- Encyclopedia
of Terrorism
- Encyclopedia
of The American Constitution
- Encyclopedia
of The United Nations And International Agreements
- Encyclopedia
of World Crime: Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Law Enforcement
- Historic
U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia
- How
To File Your Own Divorce: With Forms
- Immigrating
To The USA
- Justices
of The United States Supreme Court
- Legal
Information: How To Find It, How To Use It
- Mafia
Encyclopedia
- Mcgraw-Hill's
Spanish And English Legal Dictionary = diccionario juridico ingles-español
- Oxford
Companion To The Supreme Court Of The United States
- Penguin
Guide To American Law Schools
- Religion
and The Law: A Dictionary
- United
States Reports
- Digest
of United States Supreme Court reports : Annotated With Case Annotations,
Dissenting and Separate Opinions Since 1900, Collateral References ...
- West's
Education Law Reporter
- West's
Encyclopedia Of American Law
Associations and Societies
- American Bar Association
(ABA) - provides
law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the
law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives
to improve the legal system for the public. Some of the interesting things
on their site are a Lawyer Locator, a Directory of Law Schools, a Consumer's
Guide to Legal Help and Job Opportunities for Lawyers.
- Kansas Bar Association
(KBA) - a voluntary
association comprising dedicated legal professionals from Kansas including
lawyers, judges, law students and legal assistants. Among interesting
features of the web site are a Lawyer Referral service for the general
public, public information pamphlets online and a KBA Career Center to help
legal professionals find a job.
- American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) - By
filing lawsuits or sponsoring protests the ACLU works to defend and preserve
the individual rights and liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights plus
amendments 13, 14, 15 and 19 of the Constitution of the United States. The ACLU also
works to protect the rites of traditionally disenfranchised groups such as
Native Americans and other people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and
transgendered people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with
disabilities; and the poor.
Selected Web Sites
Comprehensive Web Sites |
Online Journals |
Government Web Sites |
Career & Job Information |
Law Schools |
Legal Forms
Comprehensive Web Sites
- Martindale.com -
World famous directory of lawyers now online free of charge. Names and
addresses of lawyers and their area of expertise listed plus searchable
database of legal articles. Lawyers can look for a job or law firms can
post a job.
- FindLaw - Directory of lawyers throughout
the United States. Also gives useful legal advice on many points of law to
the public. Provides some legal forms to the public free of charge as well
as legal news. Also provides links to text of online legal journals.
- HierosGamos - Centralized site
catering to lawyers and other legal professionals, law students and the
general public. Has a directory of lawyers and law schools, links to sites
with information about state, federal and international law, an employment
center for lawyers, materials to assist in studying for the bar exam, links
to legal associations, etc. Also provides links to text of online legal journals.
- American Law Sources On-Line -
Links to online sources of law for the United States, Canada and the
individual states and provinces. For example, state and provincial codes and
statutes, constitutions, laws, bills and, occasionally, legal forms.
- LawForum - Links to law firms,
legal assistance for the general public, support services such as translators,
investigators and expert witnesses, and assistance (for lawyers) in writing
a resume or finding a job.
- Institute for Criminal
Justice Studies (Texas State Univ. - San Marcos) - List of links to
web sites on crime prevention, public policy, research and evaluation,
government, law enforcement, etc.
- Criminal Justice
Resources: Comprehensive Sites (Michigan State Univ. Libraries) - Includes
Yahoo! Crime Links, Vera Institute of Justice, Crime Spider Page, etc.
Online Journals
- Duke Law Journal - From
Duke University. Full text of issues from March, 1997 provided online free of charge.
- ABA Journal -
American Bar Association provides latest issue of their journal online free of charge.
- New York University Law Review -
Free access to full text of the Law Review after volume 73, number 6, December, 1998.
- USC Law: Library -
From the University of Southern California Law Library. Exhaustive list
of law journals with information on whether they provide full text, abstracts
or tables of contents online.
Government Web Sites
- Department of Justice
(DOJ), headed by the
Attorney General - Links to numerous
documents on all aspects of law enforcement in the United States.
Among the famous agencies under the Department of Justice are the:
- Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) -
Designed to provide the unifying core for the national network of organizations
and institutions involved in proctecting our nation from terrorist attacks. The
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS),
formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) is now under its control.
- United States Department of the Treasury -
Treasury is entrusted with budgets, taxes, and currency production and
circulation. Treasury also oversees law enforcement, economic policy development,
and international treaty negotiation. Among the agencies under its control are the:
- Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) -
Collects taxes and enforces tax laws.
- United States
Secret Service - Protects the President and other public officials
and investigates crimes such as counterfeiting, identity theft,
computer fraud, financial institution fraud and other types of financial crimes.
- Kansas Bureau of Investigation
(KBI) -
Provides professional investigative and laboratory services to criminal
justice agencies, and collects and disseminates criminal justice information
to public and private agencies, for the purpose of promoting public safety
and the prevention of crime in Kansas. Here is where you will find the
Registered Sex Offenders page.
- City of Pittsburg Police Department
Career & Job Information
- LegalDegreeHunter -
Assists lawyers, legal secretaries, paralegals and other legal assistants
to write a resume or find a job.
- LawJobs.com - Lawyers can search
for jobs all over the United States. Also allows legal firms or employment
agencies to post jobs.
- LegalStaff.com -
Job opportunities for lawyers, paralegals, legal assistants and other law related positions.
Law Schools
Legal Forms
Course Related Web Sites
PSU Social
Sciences Department - Justice Studies
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