| Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment | The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment aims to give readers a comprehensive overview by bringing together material from numerous sources and to give comprehensive and balanced coverage of: Concepts and Theories; Correction; Law; Crimes; Methods and Statistics; National Surveys; Organizations; Police Science; and Social and Cultural Context. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.*** | Law Enforcement |
| Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice | The Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice provides more than 200 up-to-date, concise, and readable entries in a single, authoritative volume covering historical and contemporary theories, concepts, and real-world practices of juvenile justice in the United States. The entries address a broad range of issues and topics, such as alcohol and drug abuse, arson, the death penalty for juveniles, computer and Internet crime, gun violence, gangs, missing children, school violence, teen pregnancy, and delinquency theories. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.*** | Law Enforcement |
| Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement | The Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement provides a comprehensive, critical, and descriptive examination of all facets of law enforcement on the state and local, federal and national, and international stages. This work provides readers with informed discussions on the practice and theory of policing in an historical and contemporary framework, covering subjects that are particular to the area of state and local, federal and national, and international policing. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.*** | Law Enforcement |
| Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime | The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime contains 200 entries covering long-documented classifications such as serial killers and organized crime to cutting edge topics of cyber-stalking, kids who kill, and terrorism. It presents the latest research, insightful commentary, and "true crime" case studies to help in the understanding and deterrence of one of society's gravest problems. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.*** | Law Enforcement |
| Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities | The Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities aims to provide a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical and contemporary framework, with issues of race, gender, and class fully integrated throughout in order to demonstrate the complexity of the implementation and intended results of incarceration. It contains biographies, articles describing important legal statutes, and detailed and authoritative descriptions of the major prisons in the United States. Comparative data and examples are employed to analyze the American system within an international context. The appendix contains a comprehensive listing of every federal prison in the U.S., complete with facility details and service information. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.***
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| Encyclopedia of Terrorism | The Encyclopedia of Terrorism presents authoritative coverage of one of the world's most important topics. With more than 300 articles, the Encyclopedia provides detailed discussions of the who, what, where, when, and why of terrorism. The articles cover such topics as Al-Qaeda, biological terrorism, extremism, Saddam Hussein, jihad, Zacarias Moussaoui, and suicide bombers. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.*** | Law Enforcement |
| Encyclopedia of United States National Security | With over 750 entries, the Encyclopedia of United States National Security is a concise reference source to provide accurate and informative answers to the many challenging questions of how, why, when, and where national security has evolved. In addition to presenting historical facts and analyses, this encyclopedia is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to some of the more complicated and abstract questions concerning world politics and national security. A thoroughly interdisciplinary work, this encyclopedia views national security from historical, economic, political, and technological perspectives. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.*** | Law Enforcement |
| Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime | The Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime incorporates information about a variety of white-collar crimes, and provides examples of persons, statutes, companies, and convictions. The encyclopedia gathers history, definitions, examples, investigation, prosecution, assessments, challenges, and projections into one definitive reference work on the topic. ***WIU ID required for off-campus access.*** | Law Enforcement |
| Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics | Contains state data on arrests, budgets, crimes, criminals, prisoners, sentences, and surveys. | Law Enforcement |
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