National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

Just a reminder about the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) database available through the UofC.

"The NCJRS is published by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice's National Criminal Justice Reference Service, an information clearinghouse for people around the U.S. and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice, and drug control. The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of over 174,000 U.S. and international publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual presentations, and unpublished research. "

Major areas of coverage include:

• Alternatives to Incarceration
  
• Community Involvement
  
• Correctional Facility Design
  
• Corrections
  
• Corrections Technology
  
• Crime Mapping
  
• Court Management
  
• Courts
  
• Crime Deterrence and Prevention
  
• Criminal Justice Statistics
  
• Criminology
  
• Defense Technology
  
• Domestic Preparedness
  
• Drug Policy
  
• Forensic Technology
  
• Human Resource Development
  
• Juvenile Justice
  
• Law Enforcement
  
• Police Training
  
• Probation and Parole
  
• Program Evaluation, Policy and Planning
  
• Restorative Justice
  
• Substance Abuse
  
• Terrorism/Counter Terrorism
  
• Victims of Crime