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The LLCC Criminal Justice Resources LibGuide provides links to helpful information about print and online library resources available to students attending Lincoln Land Community College. To navigate the guide, select one of the tabs to view additional information about that topic. The library links to several independent resources, so please use this guide as a starting point only. If you have any questions related to research using the library's catalog or journal databases, please feel free to contact us in person or via telephone (217-786-2352). Our Research Desk is staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
LLCC Library has circulating books--which are books you can check out and take home with you--and non-circulating books--which are books that cannot go home with you. A patron may look at non-circulating materials anywhere in the library, make photocopies, or scan and email pages to oneself, but they must stay in the library.
LLCC Library also has a large collection of ebooks, which you can access directly from your computer or mobile device.
Want to begin searching for materials from LLCC Library right now? Go to the Learning Center Homepage and perform a search in the Search & Discover search box.
The library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize its books. Most of the library's Criminal Justice books are located under the call number "HV". You will find additional criminal justice/criminology/law-related books under other call numbers, as well. The below list is not all-inclusive, but meant to serve as a starting point to finding information.
| Call Number Range | Subject Areas |
|---|---|
| HV 6001-7220.5 | CRIMINOLOGY books are found here |
| HV 6035-6197 | Criminal anthropology--including criminal types, criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime |
| HV6250-6250.4 | Victims of Crime. Victimology |
| HV 6251-6773.55 | Crimes & offenses |
| HV7231-9960 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION books are found here |
| HV7431 | Prevention of crime, methods, etc. |
| HV7435-7439 | Gun Control |
| HV7551-8280.7 | Police. Detectives. Constabulary |
| HV8031-8080 | Police duty. Methods of protection |
| HV8073-8079.35 | Investigation of crimes. Examination & identification of prisoners |
| HV8301-9920.7 | Penology. Prisons. Corrections |
| K5000-5582 | Criminal law & procedure |
| KF | LAW OF THE UNITED STATES books are found here |
| KFI1201-1799 | Illinois |
The Encyclopedia of Corrections
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The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
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Hate Groups and Extremist Organizations in America
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology
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Violence in American Society
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American Prisons
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Imprisonment has become big business in the United States. Using a "history of ideas" approach, this book examines the cultural underpinnings of prisons in the United States and explores how shared ideas about imprisonment evolve into a complex, loosely connected nationwide system of prisons that keeps enough persons to populate a small nation behind bars, razor wire and electrified fences. Tracing both the history of the prison and the very idea of imprisonment in the United States, this book provides students with a critical overview of American prisons and considers their past, their present and directions for the future. Topics covered include: #65533; a history of imprisonment in America from 1600 to the present day; #65533; the twentieth-century prison building bin≥ #65533; the relationship between U.S. prisons and the private sect∨ #65533; a critical account of capital punishment; #65533; less-visible prison minorities, including women, children and the elderly; and #65533; sex, violence and disease in prison. This comprehensive book is essential reading for advanced courses on corrections and correctional management and offers a compelling and provocative analysis of the realities of American penal culture from past to present. It is perfect reading for students of criminal justice, corrections, penology and the sociology of punishment.
Anatomy of Innocence
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Wrongful convictions, long regarded as statistical anomalies in an otherwise sound justice system, now appear with frightening regularity. But few people understand just how or why they happen and, more important, the immeasurable consequences that often haunt the lucky few who are acquitted, years after they are proven innocent. Now, in this groundbreaking anthology, fourteen exonerated inmates narrate their stories to a roster of high-profile mystery and thriller writers--including Lee Child, Sara Paretsky, Laurie R. King, Jan Burke and S. J. Rozan--while another exoneree's case is explored in a previously unpublished essay by legendary playwright Arthur Miller. An astonishing and unique collaboration, these testimonies bear witness to the incredible stories of innocent men and women who were convicted of serious crimes and cast into the maw of a vast and deeply flawed American criminal justice system before eventually, and miraculously, being exonerated. Introduced by best-selling authors Scott Turow and Barry Scheck, these master storytellers capture the tragedy of wrongful convictions as never before and challenge readers to confront the limitations and harsh realities of the American criminal justice system. Lee Child tells of Kirk Bloodsworth, who obsessively read about the burgeoning field of DNA testing, cautiously hoping that it held the key to his acquittal--until he eventually became the first person to be exonerated from death row based on DNA evidence. Judge John Sheldon and author Gayle Lynds team up to share Audrey Edmunds's experience raising her children long distance from her prison cell. And exoneree Gloria Killian recounts to S. J. Rozan her journey from that fateful "knock on the door" and the initial shock of accusation to the scars she carries today. Together, the powerful stories collected within the Anatomy of Innocence detail every aspect of the experience of wrongful conviction, as well as the remarkable depths of endurance sustained by each exoneree who never lost hope.
Civil Disobedience
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Greenhaven Publishing's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports. Book jacket.
Fanaticism, Racism, and Rage Online
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Fanaticism, Racism, and Rage Online is a critical exploration of digital hate culture and its myriad infiltrations into the modern online community. The book examines radical movements that have emerged both on the fringes of the Internet, as well as throughout the web's most popular spaces where extremist voices now intermix with mainstream politics and popular culture. This investigation brings to light the different forms of extremist culture on the web, from the blatant hate websites, to the much more invasive faux-social networks, racist political blogs, and pseudo-scientific domains.
The History of Street Gangs in the United States
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This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United States. The author traces the emergence of these gangs in the four major geographical regions over the span of two centuries, from the early 1800s to 2012. The author's authoritative analysis explains gang emergence and expansion from play groups to heavily armed street gangs responsible for a large proportion of urban crimes, including drive-by shootings that often kill innocent bystanders. Nationwide, street gangs now account for 1 in 6 homicides each year, and for 1 in 4 in very large cities. In recent years, the number of gangs, gang members, and gang homicides increased, even though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent and property crimes over the past decade. The author's historical analysis reveals the key contributing factors to transformation of youth gangs, including social disorganization that occurred following large-scale immigration early in American history and urban policies that pushed minorities to inner city areas and public housing projects. This analysis includes the influence of prison gangs on street gangs. The first generation of prison gangs emerged spontaneously in response to dangers inside prisons. The second generation was for many years extensions of street gangs that grew enormously during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in large urban areas in which public housing projects have served as incubators for street gangs. The third generation of prison gangs is extremely active in street-level criminal enterprises in varied forms, often highly structured and well managed organizations that are actively involved in drug trafficking. In recent years, returning inmates are a predominant influence on local gang violence. Now, prison gangs and street gangs often work together in street-level criminal enterprises. This book identifies the most promising ways that gang violence can be reduced. The best long-term approach is a combination of gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies and programs. Targeted suppression of gang violence is imperative. Street-workers that serve as violence interrupters can break the cycle of contagious gang violence.
Policing
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The Use and Abuse of Police Power in America
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Providing a timely and much-needed investigation of how U.S. law enforcement carries out its public safety and crime fighting mandates, this book is an invaluable resource for students, educators, and concerned citizens. * Provides a single-volume, go-to source for insight into police-citizen relations in the United States, from the 17th century through to today * Documents major turning points and historical events influencing the evolution of police power * Provides both supportive and critical perspectives on contemporary trends in law enforcement activities, attitudes, and practices * Enables a fuller comprehension of law enforcement in an era of significant political and social upheaval, much of which is tied to racial, ethnic, or economic factors
CRAAP is an acronym for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. Evaluate your sources according to these five criteria.
Currency: the timeliness of the information
Relevance: the importance of the information for your needs
Authority: the source of the information
Accuracy: the reliability and correctness of the content
Purpose: the reason the information exists
The CRAAP Test isn’t a checklist - instead you should be able to defend your source against each criteria.
Adapted from College of Dupage's, Do Your Sources Pass the CRAAP Test? handout. Clicking here will open the handout as a PDF.
