Guide to Criminal Justice Research
Journals

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Use the library's Magazines and Journals page to help determine whether the library holds specific journal titles in either paper or electronic formats. This list will also indicate which volumes and years of the journals are available in Briggs Library and provide call numbers.  It will also indicate whether a journal is available online and provide web links for such titles. The SDLN Catalog may also be used to find this information. 

Magazines and journals are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (call numbers).
Current volumes (usually the current year) are shelved by Dewey number on the main level of the library, and older volumes are shelved by Dewey number on the lower level.
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Selected Criminal Justice Journals Available to the SDSU Community
The following table lists the titles of selected criminal justice journals that are available to Briggs Library patrons. Library call numbers are provided for those held in Briggs Library.  Web access links are provided for titles that are available on the web.   However, specific holdings information, i.e., volumes/dates available, is not provided. The Magazines and Journals List, the SDLN Catalog, or the indicated web sites should be consulted for more information about which issues of these journals are present.  Those that indicate "Access for a fee" provide full-text online articles for purchase with a credit card.  

Journal Title

Call Number of Access method

American Criminal Law Review Available online
American Journal of Criminal Law Available online
American Journal of Sociology 305 .Am35
American Sociological Review 305 .Am35.1
Annual Review of Sociology HM1 .A763 and online
Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice Available online
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice Available online
Brandeis Journal of Family Law 347.605 .J8263
The British Journal of Criminology 364.05 .B778 and online
British Journal of Sociology 305 .B77  and online
Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin Government Documents: J29.11:
Canadian Journal of Criminology Available online
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice Available online
Child Abuse and Neglect 362.704405 .C436
Contemporary Drug Problems 362.29305 .C767
Contemporary Justice Review Available online
Contemporary Sociology 305.C78
Corporate Security Available online
Corrections Today 364.605 .C81 and online
Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Reports Available online
Crime and Delinquency 364.605 .N1 and online
Crime and Justice HV6001 .C672 and online
Crime Control Digest Available online
Crime, Law and Social Change Available online
Crime, Media, Culture Available online
Criminal Behavior and Mental Health Available online
Criminal Justice and Behavior 364.6019 .C868 and online
Criminal Justice Ethics Available online
Criminal Justice Policy Review Available online
Criminal Justice Review Available online
Criminal Law Bulletin 345.005 .C868
Criminal Law Forum Available online
Criminology 364.05 .C869 and online
Criminology and Criminal Justice Available online
Criminology and Public Policy Available online
Critical Criminology Available online
Education, Citizenship and Social Justice Available online
Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice Available online
European Journal of Criminology Available online
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Available online
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 351.74 .F299
Federal Probation 364.05 .F317
Feminist Criminology Available online
The Great Plains Sociologist 301 .G797
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Available online
Howard Scroll: The Social Justice Review Available online
Human Rights Quarterly 323.405.H88
International Criminal Justice Review Available online
International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 301.05 .In82
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Available online
Journal for Juvenile Justice Services Available online
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 364.1536 .J825
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice Available online
Journal of Criminal Justice 364.05 .J825
Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture Available online
Journal of Criminal Justice Education (JCJE) Available online
Journal of Criminal Law Available online
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 364.05 .J827
Journal of Experimental Criminology Available online
Journal of Family Violence 362.8205 .J823
Journal of Gender, Race and Justice Available online
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 303.605 .J825
Journal of Quantitative Criminology  
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 364.05 .J8256
Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention Available Online
Journal of Social Issues 305 .J82
Justice Policy Journal Access via the web.
Justice Quarterly  
Juvenile Justice Digest Available online
Law and Contemporary Problems 347.05 .L41
Law and Society Review  
Legal and Criminological Psychology Available online
The Messenger 365.05 .M562
National Institute of Justice Journal J 28.14/2-2
New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement Available online
NPPA Journal 364.605 .N1
Police Chief 362.205 .P75
Psychology, Crime and Law: PC&L Available online
Seattle Journal for Social Justice Available online
Social Forces 305 .So12
Social Justice 364.05 .So13
Social Justice Research Available online
Social Justice Review Available online
Social Problems 305 .So122
Social Science Quarterly 300.5 .So13
Social Science Research 300.7205 .So13
Sociological Focus 301.05 .So13
Sociological Inquiry 305 .So154
Sociological Quarterly 305 .So16
Sociological Review 301.05 .So14
Sociology 305 .So16
Theoretical Criminology: An International Journal Available online
Victimology 364.1505 .V664
War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Available online
Western Criminology Review Available online
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice Available online
Youth Justice Available online

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This guide is only an introduction to locating materials on this topic.
For more in-depth information or for assistance in using these sources, ask a librarian.

This page was created and is updated by Elizabeth Fox and Clark N. Hallman.
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Updated: 23 July 2008 by erf