Guides @ UF: Criminology: Find Articles

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Databases: Top Picks

Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
A great place to start! Find international literature on crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, and punishment and sentencing. Some full text is available. Coverage dates: 1968-current.
Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for 45 criminal justice journals plus complete abstracts for over 100 additional titles. Topics include crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, and police issues. Coverage dates: 1981-current.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
A legal history database in a fully-searchable, image-based format. Content includes law journals, statutes and regulations, political documents, legislative debates, and more.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts This link opens in a new window
This is a clearinghouse of unpublished reports, books, conference papers, and more provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Topics include research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice, and drug control. Some full text is available. Coverage dates: 1975-current.
Lexis Nexis (now called Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new window
Great for finding legal cases.
PsycINFO (on EBSCOHost online platform) 1887-Current This link opens in a new window
This database contains more than one million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, in the field of psychology and related disciplines. Dates covered: 1887 to present.
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Focus is on current research in social work, human services, and related areas. Some full text is available. Coverage dates: 1979-current.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Find international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Some full text is available. Coverage dates: 1952-current.

Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)
A quick link to articles from academic journals, magazines, and news papers on the topic of criminology.

More Useful Databases

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Search more than 8,500 journals for articles in a variety of disciplines including criminology and sociology. Some full text is available. Coverage dates vary.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Short for Journal Storage, JSTOR is an archive of academic journals. Issues older than 3-5 years are available in full text. You can search journals in many disciplines, including sociology, psychology, population studies, and more.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Web of Science contains three databases, including the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). SSCI indexes nearly 2,000 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines. Some full text is available. Coverage dates for SSCI: 1956-current.

Online Journals

Click here to search criminology journals available electronically.

Top Journals
Quickly access electronic issues of the following journals:

Aggression and Violent Behavior

British Journal of Criminology

Crime and Delinquency

Criminal Justice & Behavior

Criminology

Criminology & Public Policy

Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency

Criminology print journals are located on the Third Floor of Library West.

Need to quickly find authoritative scholarly resources on a criminology topic? This resource provides an overview of a topic followed by a select list of annotated sources, including book chapters, journal articles, government reports, and more!

Each entry contains a link for quick access to the item.