Correction Resources - ONLINE
- Corrections Statistics from Bureau of Justice Statistics
A collection of Corrections statistics - NCJRS Topic: CORRECTIONS A summary of CORRECTION info from the U.S. government, including facts and figures.
- American Correctional Association The oldest and largest correctional association in the world.
- Idaho Department of Corrections The Idaho Department of Correction provides incarceration facilities for adult felons sentenced by the courts, presentence reports for the courts, and supervision services for probationers and parolees.
- National Institute of Corrections (NIC) The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) system serves as an "honest broker" offering support, research findings, and technological expertise to help State and local law enforcement, corrections...
Corrections Resources - PRINT
Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities - Editor: Mary Bosworth
Call Number: ref HV9471.E427 2005Encyclopedia of American Prisons - edited by Carl Sifakis
Call Number: ref HV9471 .S54 2003Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice - Marilyn D. McShane, Frank P. Williams III, editors
Call Number: ref HV9104 .E58 2003
"As a reference work, this encyclopedia seeks to provide an accurate and readable resource for students of juvenile justice, criminology, and criminal justice."
Journal: The Prison Journal
Links to the most recent articles in the journal: The Prison Journal
The Prison Journal advances theory, research, policy and practice. The journal also enhances the knowledge of correctional-systems practitioners and scholars by providing descriptive and evaluative accounts of innovative programmes and policies, state-of the-art surveys and reviews, and legal and historical analysis. Distinguished experts discuss emerging trends, innovations and developments in the rapidly changing world of corrections and alternative sentencing.
Click on the article title read abstract. Boise State students have access to this journal in full-text through the Library.
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Criminal Justice Databases
Below are links to online resources available through the Albertsons Library. Use these resources to locate journal articles and resource citations for Criminal Justice related topics.
Look for the 
button to link out to possible full-text access to the articles you find.
- NCJRS abstracts database (Criminal justice) NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
- Criminal Justice Periodical Index (ProQuest) ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals Index™ is a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database includes abstract and indexing for 240 titles, with more than 80 available in full-text.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. 1968-Current.
- SAGE PREMIER Includes the full-text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 86 years, encompassing over 20,400 articles. Previously known as -
Criminology: A SAGE full-text collection - Web of Science / Web of Knowledge A great interdisciplinary database to find good research. Look for the FIND IT button to get to the full-text!
Additional Databases
These resources may be of interest as you research Corrections...
- CQ Researcher A database of reports on "issue topics" such as juvenile justice, etc.
- ProQuest Central A great starting place for any topic. Lots of information, lots of full-text, including peer-reviewed journals.
- A-Z list of Albertsons Library databases The alphabetical list of databases available to Boise State students.
Find Books
Typically Criminal Justice books in the library will be found under call number H (social sciences) specifically HV.
- Albertsons Library Catalog We've got a collection to meet your needs. Feel free to contact me if you can't find what you're looking for.
- WorldCat.Org An easy interface to search for local holdings of materials as well as books beyond BSU. Can also link to interlibrary loan.
- Google Books Search inside books! Then check the Library catalog to see if we've got it. If not, then request it through Inter-Library loan.
- Books beyond BSU - World Cat Search for books in other major libraries and if we don't have them you can click the "FIND IT" button to request it through Inter-Library Loan.
Idaho State Historical Society
The Idaho State Historical Society holds inmate files from 1864-1975. The index is available online, and includes curriculum materials, mug shots, crimes, and sentences, parole, correspondence, prison issues and more! http://idahohistory.net/inmates.html 
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Electronic Book
World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems
[electronic resource] / George Thomas Kurian, editor. Providing both statistical and analytical information, the Encyclopedia features scholarly analysis by qualified authorities about law enforcement organizations in a user-friendly, alphabetical arrangement. Articles about law enforcement in specific countries are accompanied by historical and thematic overviews -- including discussions about ethics; conduct; prison history and juvenile crime -- that provide further context and ideas for study.
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