Criminal Justice Documents - (Bibliographies and Indexes in Law and Political Science) Annotated by John F Berens (Hardcover)

About the Book

Lucid annotations and discriminating selection distinguish this timely bibliography of 1,098 U.S. government documents published between 1975 and October 1986. Full bibliographic data include Su-Docs number, a time save for depository libraries. Classified under eight broad subject headings, materials cover the criminal justice system, crime and criminals, law enforcement, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, security, and special resources. . . . [Since] the government has been a principal force in the analysis of crime and its prevention, the importance of a fully annotated guide to its wealth of publications is evident. Booklist

Book Synopsis

Lucid annotations and discriminating selection distinguish this timely bibliography of 1,098 U.S. government documents published between 1975 and October 1986. Full bibliographic data include Su-Docs number, a time save for depository libraries. Classified under eight broad subject headings, materials cover the criminal justice system, crime and criminals, law enforcement, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, security, and special resources. . . . [Since] the government has been a principal force in the analysis of crime and its prevention, the importance of a fully annotated guide to its wealth of publications is evident. Booklist

Review Quotes

"Lucid annotations and discriminating selection distinguish this timely bibliography of 1,098 U.S. government documents published between 1975 and October 1986. Full bibliographic data include Su-Docs number, a time save for depository libraries. Classified under eight broad subject headings, materials cover the criminal justice system, crime and criminals, law enforcement, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, security, and special resources. Each chapter is further divided. For example, chapter 2, "Crime and Criminals," contains separate sections on such specific crimes as arson, bombings, gambling, homicide, and even computer crime, white-collar crime, and such special topics as women and crime. The descriptive annotations run from 50 to 100 words. The convenient arrangement is augmented by four indexes: author, subject, geographic (many references to Washington, D.C., and New York City), and associations/organizations. The latter cites references to numberous related associations, helpful in locating relevant congressional materials ... [Since] the government has been a principal force in the analysis of crime and its prevention, the importance of a fully annotated guide to its wealth of publications is evident. The author, a university librarian, has made numerous contributions to journals ... With this book, he has made a valuable addition to Greenwood's series in law and political science."-Reference Books Bulletin

?During the past two decades the federal government has been a principal force in the analysis of American crime and its prevention and has been directly involved in criminal justice through its agencies and its sponsorship of criminal justice research. As a result, a considerable number of useful and unique studies have been published by the federal government. This bibliography selects and annotates more than one thousand of the most important and relevant of these documents, which are distributed to libraries and information centers through the Depository Library Program.?-Reference and Research Book News

?Lucid annotations and discriminating selection distinguish this timely bibliography of 1,098 U.S. government documents published between 1975 and October 1986. Full bibliographic data include Su-Docs number, a time save for depository libraries. Classified under eight broad subject headings, materials cover the criminal justice system, crime and criminals, law enforcement, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, security, and special resources. Each chapter is further divided. For example, chapter 2, "Crime and Criminals," contains separate sections on such specific crimes as arson, bombings, gambling, homicide, and even computer crime, white-collar crime, and such special topics as women and crime. The descriptive annotations run from 50 to 100 words. The convenient arrangement is augmented by four indexes: author, subject, geographic (many references to Washington, D.C., and New York City), and associations/organizations. The latter cites references to numberous related associations, helpful in locating relevant congressional materials ... [Since] the government has been a principal force in the analysis of crime and its prevention, the importance of a fully annotated guide to its wealth of publications is evident. The author, a university librarian, has made numerous contributions to journals ... With this book, he has made a valuable addition to Greenwood's series in law and political science.?-Reference Books Bulletin

"During the past two decades the federal government has been a principal force in the analysis of American crime and its prevention and has been directly involved in criminal justice through its agencies and its sponsorship of criminal justice research. As a result, a considerable number of useful and unique studies have been published by the federal government. This bibliography selects and annotates more than one thousand of the most important and relevant of these documents, which are distributed to libraries and information centers through the Depository Library Program."-Reference and Research Book News

About the Author

JOHN F. BERENS is Head of Public Services, Olson Library, Northern Michigan University.