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Criminal Justice Resources :
Locating Books in Our Online Catalog

Need to find books on a criminal justice paper topic? Consider searching the MSU Libraries Online Catalog.

If you do not know the author, title, or LC subject headings, try a keyword or keywords approach. While reviewing the results, note that most records provide LC subject headings which can also be used to identify more books on the same or similar topics.

Below are some suggested LC subject headings which may prove helpful for those doing general criminal justice research. Copy, click on the Online Catalog link, click on LC Subject button, paste in your subject heading, and see what items are listed.

AFRICAN AMERICAN CRIMINALS
ARREST (POLICE METHODS)
ASIAN AMERICAN CRIMINALS
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
BIOTERRORISM
BLACK MAFIA
BOMBINGS
BURGLARS
BURGLARY
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
CHEMICAL AGENTS (MUNITIONS)
CHEMICAL WARFARE
CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATION
CHILD SEX OFFENDERS
CHINESE AMERICAN CRIMINALS
CIVIL DEFENSE
COLLECTIVE LABOR AGREEMENTS--POLICE
COMMERCIAL CRIMES
COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS
CONDUCT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS
CORPORATIONS--CORRUPT PRACTICES
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL
CORRECTIONS
CRIME
CRIME ANALYSIS
CRIME AND CRIMINALS
CRIME AND RACE
CRIME IN MASS MEDIA
CRIME LABORATORIES
CRIME PREVENTION--UNITED STATES
CRIME SCENE SEARCHES
CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, PREDICTION OF
CRIMINAL COURTS
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF
CRIMINAL LAW
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY
CRIMINAL STATISTICS
CRIMINALS IDENTIFICATION
CRIMINOLOGY
DEATH ROW INMATES
DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
DISCRIMINATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
DRUG TRAFFIC
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYEE THEFT
EXECUTIONS AND EXECUTIONERS
FAMILY VIOLENCE
FEAR OF CRIME
FEMALE GANGS
FEMALE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
FEMALE OFFENDERS
FIREARMS--LAW AND LEGISLATION
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
FORENSIC SCIENCES
FRAUD
FREE PRESS AND FAIR TRIAL
GANG MEMBERS
GANGS
HALFWAY HOUSES
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
IMPRISONMENT
INDUSTRIES--SECURITY MEASURES
IRISH AMERICAN CRIMINALS
JUVENILE CORRECTIONS
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
JUVENILE DETENTION HOMES
JUVENILE JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF
LABOR UNIONS--POLICE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT--VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE--UNITED STATES
LOCAL TRANSIT -- SECURITY MEASURES
LYNCHING
MAFIA
MASS MEDIA AND CRIME
MEXICAN AMERICAN CRIMINALS
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION
MOTORCYCLE GANGS
MURDER
NARCOTICS
NEWSPAPER COURT REPORTING
OFFENSES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT
ORGANIZED CRIME
ORGANIZED CRIME INVESTIGATION
PAROLE
POLICE
POLICE -- JOB STRESS
POLICE -- SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR
POLICE -- UNITED STATES -- EXAMINATIONS, QUESTIONS, ETC.
POLICE ADMINISTRATION
POLICE BRUTALITY
POLICE DISCRETION
POLICE ETHICS
POLICE PATROL
POLICE, PRIVATE
POLICE PURSUIT DRIVING
POLICE QUESTIONING
POLICE SHOOTINGS
PRISON ADMINISTRATION
PRISON GANGS
PRISON PSYCHOLOGY
PRISONERS
PRISONERS' FAMILIES
PRISONS
PROBATION
PUBLIC TRANSIT -- SECURITY MEASURES
PUNISHMENT
RACIAL PROFILING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
RACKETEERING
RAPE
RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS
RECIDIVISM
REFORMATORIES FOR WOMEN
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
RESTRAINT OF PRISONERS
RUSSIAN AMERICAN CRIMINALS
SERIAL MURDER INVESTIGATION -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
SERIAL MURDERS
SERIAL MURDERERS -- PSYCHOLOGY
SEX CRIMES
SEX OFFENDERS
STALKING
STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM
SUICIDE BOMBERS
TERRORISM
TERRORISM AND MASS MEDIA
TERRORISM -- PREVENTION
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME
TRANSPORTATION -- SECURITY MEASURES
UNITED STATES FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
VICTIMS OF CRIMES
VIOLENCE IN MASS MEDIA
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
WHITE COLLAR CRIME INVESTIGATION
WHITE COLLAR CRIMES
WITNESSES
WOMEN CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL
WOMEN PRISONERS

If you don't find any books in the MSU Libraries or if you want to find additional possibilities, try searching the WORLDCAT database to identify resources available in other libraries around the world. As a MSU faculty or staff member, you can request these materials through MelCat or through interlibrary loan.

Like to browse? Go the the 3rd floor on the East Side of the Main Library and review the following call number ranges:

HV 1-5840................. Social pathology
HV 6001-6030............ Criminology-general
HV 6035-6079............ Criminal anthropology
HV 6080-6113............ Criminal psychology
HV 6115-6118............ Causes of crime
HV 6121-6143............ Crime & heredity
HV 6150-6249............ Crime-environment
HV 6250.................... Victims of crime
HV 6251-7220............ Crimes & offenses
HV 7231-9960............ Criminal justice administration

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