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CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Biographical Information

Electronic Resources

These resources are available via the Internet and may be accessed by clicking on the title of the resource. Access to some of these resources may be limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati.

Print Resources
These resources are available in the University of Cincinnati's Langsam Library. Access to these resources is generally not restricted. Individual items will be located in the Library by call number.

Electronic Resources (Arranged alphabetically by title)

Title:

Biography Reference Bank

Call Number:

Internet

Description:

The Biography Reference Bank combines the complete content of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated with the complete and enhanced content of Biography Index Plus. Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 500,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 36,000 images. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases. Biography Index Plus is a bibliographic database that cites biographical material appearing in periodicals indexed in other Wilson Company databases and additional selected periodicals, current books of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books.

Location/URL:

http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/shared/shared_main.jhtml?_requestid=20510

Subjects:

Biographies, Images

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati.

Record Date:

1/17/07

 

Title:

Biography Resource Center plus Marquis Who's Who

Call Number:

Internet

Date:

Description:

The Biography Resource Center plus Marquis Who's Who is a comprehensive database of biographical information, including biographies on over 335,000 people from all over the world, from all disciplines and throughout history.  This resource combines over 425,000 biographies from more than 135 Gale reference works and other resources.  The database includes over 24,700 images.  The database offers search access by name and also by profession, e.g. corrections, criminologist, etc.

Location/URL:

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucinc_main?db=BioRC

Subjects:

Biographies / Images

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati.

Record Date:

1/17/07

 

Title:

Biography and genealogy master index (Online)

Call Number:

Internet

Date:

1984 --

Description:

This database is a first stop index tool for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor.   Includes over 12.7 million biographical sketches indexed, obtained from approximately 100-150 volumes and editions of 60-90 biographical dictionaries, including new titles as well as new editions of previously indexed sources

Location/URL:

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucinc_main?db=BGMI

Subjects:

Biographies / Genealogy/ United States

Category:

Biographical information

Restrictions:

Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati.

Record Date:

1/16/07

Print Resources (Arranged alphabetically by title)

Title:

African American Criminological Thought

Author:

Greene, Helen Taylor

Call Number:

HV6023 .G74 2000

City:

Albany

Publisher:

State University of New York Press

Date:

2000

Description:

Taylor provides a scholarly and comprehensive look at ten major African Americans regarded as significant contributors to criminological thought.   Taylor provides essays on the following ten figures: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Monroe Nathan Work, E. Franklin Frazier, Coramae Richey Mann, William J. Wilson, Lee Patrick Brown, Darnell F. Hawkins, Daniel E. Georges-Abeyie and Vernetta D. Young.   Each essay includes an extensive bibliography.

Location/URL:

Langsam

Subjects:

African Americans; Criminologists/ Biographies

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

No Restrictions

Record Date:

6/24/04

 

Title:

American leaders: American political leaders, American social leaders, American cultural leaders

Call Number:

MEDIA  CT214 .A44 1998

City:

Santa Barbara, CA

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO Interactive

Date:

1998

Description:

Provides biographical information for over 1200 American political, social, and cultural leaders from Colonial times to the present

Location/URL:

Langsam

Subjects:

Biographies

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

No Restrictions

Record Date:

1/17/07

 

Title:

American men and women of science. The social and behavioral sciences

Author:

Jaques Cattell Press

Call Number:

REF  Q141 .A525

Edition:

12th & 13th

City:

New York

Publisher:

Bowker

Date:

1973-1978

Description:

Published in 2 vols., 12th ed.-13th ed.  Volume 1(12th ed.) is includes entries A -- K and volume 2 (13th ed) contains entries for L -- Z.

Location/URL:

SW Depository

Subjects:

Social scientists/ Directories/ Biographies./ Psychologists/ Sociologists

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

No Restrictions

Record Date:

1/17/07

 

Title:

Biographical memoirs

Call Number:

Q141 .N2

Date:

1877-

Description:

Each biographical entry is substantive and includes a selected bibliography of the author's writings and a photograph.  Published irregularly.  As of 6/8/04  the latest is volume #83.    Later volumes include a cumulative index to the set.  Volumes 1 - 65 are located in  SWORD.  Volume 66 to the present are in the stacks.

Location/URL:

Langsam

Subjects:

Scientists/ Biographies/ Psychologists/ Sociologists

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

No Restrictions

Record Date:

6/08/04

 

Title:

Cops, crooks, and criminologists an international biographical dictionary of law enforcement

Author:

Phillips, Charles//Axelrod, Alan//Kemper, Kurt//Axelrod, Alan

Call Number:

REF  HV7911.A1 A94 2000

Edition:

Revised

City:

New York

Publisher:

Checkmark Books

Date:

2000

Description:

This popularly written work provides short biographical essays about significant individuals who have "shaped the history of law enforcement."  This includes folks from "both" sides of the legal system.  Most biographies include references to additional readings.  Includes bibliographical references and index.

Location/URL:

Langsam

Subjects:

Police/ Criminals/ Criminologists/ Biographies

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

No Restrictions

Record Date:

1/17/07

 

Title:

Criminological thought: Pioneers past and present

Author:

Martin, Randy

Call Number:

HV6023 .M37 1990

City:

New York

Publisher:

Macmillan

Date:

1990

Description:

Martin identifies fifteen individuals regarded as major shapers of the discipline of criminal justice, some unexpected names included.  The individuals included are Cesare Beccaria, Cesare Lombroso, Emile Durkheim, Sigmund Freud, Robert Ezra Park, William Herbert Sheldon, Edwin H. Sutherland, Walter C. Reckless, Robert K. Merton, Albert K. Cohen, Lloyd Ohlin, Gresham M. Sykes, Erving Goffman, Howard Saul Becker, and Earl Richard Quinney.The essays written on these fifteen  contributors to criminal justice thought are scholarly, lengthy and include extensive bibliographies.

Location/URL:

Langsam

Subjects:

Biographies

Category:

Biographical Information

Restrictions:

No Restrictions

Record Date:

1/17/07

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