InfoGuides: Criminal Justice: Journals & Databases

Last Updated: Oct 24, 2024 2:24 PM

Overview

Although the library has many databases that contain scholarly articles relevant to criminal justice research, there are a few core databases that provide access to the most significant journals in the field such as:

Criminology
Journal of Criminal Justice
Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency
Justice Quarterly

Start with these databases

Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Criminal Justice contains full-text access to a large assortment of criminal justice research from both U.S. and international publications - a great place to start your research. This database is part of the Social Science Premium Collection.
Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO) does not contain full-text articles, but provides titles and abstracts for articles in some of the most significant journals in the field. The full-text is often available in another one of RIT's databases - use Criminal Justice Abstracts to discover a source, then click the yellow "More" button in the database to connect to the full-text.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
SAGE Journals Online provides full-text access to key social science journals including many relevant to criminal justice/criminology and related fields such as psychology, public policy, social welfare, sociology, and urban studies.

Need more? Try these!

Criminal Justice Databases
The databases listed above are the key subject-focused databases for this discipline, but there are other databases that might be useful to your research depending on your topic. Check out this link to view a more extensive list of databases with scholarly articles related to criminal justice.
New York Red Book
Illustrated yearbook of information concerning New York State, its departments, political subdivisions, & officials.