Library Research Guide for Forensic Psychology (PSY/SOC 327)

Contents


Reference Books

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 1994.
Includes spiral bound Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM IV.
R 616.89 A512d

Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002
R 364.03 E564L v.1-4

Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1994
2500 signed articles by an impressive list of contributors providing access to all important aspects of the field of psychology. Many cross-references. Volume 4 consists of biographies, a 15,000-item bibliography, and name and subject index.
R 150.3 E56c v.1-4

Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Oxford & American Psychological Association, 2000.
1,500 signed, scholarly articles covering all aspects of psychology with bibliographies current to 1998.
R 150.3 E56o 2000 v.1-8

The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2003.
R 616.89003 G151t v.1-2

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001.
Style guide and citation manual for psychology and the social sciences.
Ready Ref. R 808.02 P976a4

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Arlington, VA: American Psychological Association, 1991.
Subject headings used in the database PsychINFO.
R 150.5 T413w6

Statistics

Crime in the United States
Statistics on crime compiled from the Uniform Crime Reports. This series has been produced by the FBI since 1929.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
An alternative series of statistics compiled by the Utilization of Criminal Justice Statistics Project based at the University of Albany. Brings together statistics from many different criminal justice organizations.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistical office for the Department of Justice.

Government Documents

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
This agency brings together full-text publications from many government agencies. Produces the NCJRS Abstracts Database.

Office of Justice Programs

Indexes

NCJRS Abstracts Database

PsychINFO

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