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21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Handbook of Transnational Crime & Justice

High impact journals

The following Criminology journals are held at UNE and have a high ranking in ISI Journal Citation Reports and ERA's listings for Criminology:

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 1994-1998 2002-2007 and in print at Call Number P364.994/A938
British Journal of Criminology 1960-1997 1997- (delayed 1 year)
Crime and Delinquency 1997-1998 (Gale databases)
Crime and Justice - a review of research 1997-2005
Criminal Justice 1999-
Criminology 1963-2005 2005- and in print at Call Number P364/C931
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1910-2006 1994-
Journal of Law and Society 1974-2003
Journal of Quantitative Criminology 1997-
Justice Quarterly 1984-2006 1997-
Law and Contemporary Problems 1933-2008 1999- (Gale databases)
Law and Policy 1979-2003
Law and Social Inquiry: Journal of the American Bar Foundation 1976-2001 1997-
Law and Society Review 1966-2002 1997-
Policing and Society 2002-
Sexual Abuse: A journal of research and treatment 1997-2007
Theoretical Criminology 1999- and in print at Call Number P364/T396

Web sites and Internet resources

ANZPAA - Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency
Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
Australian Institute of Criminology
BOCSAR - NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (NSW Attorney General's Department.) BOCSAR is the official source of NSW crime statistics. BOCSAR conducts research into crime and criminal justice & evaluates initiatives designed to reduce crime & reoffending.
Bureau of Justice Statistics - U.S. Department of Justice
Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice - U.S. non-profit organisation
Criminal Law - Parliament of Australia
Criminology Research Council - Australian Government
International Victimology Website - the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT)
Just Search - search full-text reports and references collated by the International Criminal Law Database & Commentary
NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Reference Services. A U.S. federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide
NSW Attorney General's Department
NSW Department of Corrective Services
NSW Director of Public Prosecutions
Research Development & Statistics - U.K. Home Office
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - supported by the U.S. Department of Justice.
UNE Law websites & internet resources
United Nations Human Rights Treaties - Prof Anne Bayefsky's website providing documents from 1992. Search by State, category (jurisprudence, issues, reports) or by Theme/Subject Matter (civil rights, freedom of expression, habeas corpus).
Weblaw: Criminology - a subject index to quality internet resources for Australian legal researchers. This Online Legal Access Project is co-ordinated by the Law Foundation of NSW.