Subject Guide » Criminal Justice
People and Organizations
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Crime and Punishment in America. Biographies
HV 6785 .H34 2005 (Ref)
Contains biographies of 25 well known criminals, or persons connected with crime and punishment, in diverse areas such as law enforcement, social reform, or literature.
American Society of CriminologyAn international organization designed to provide a multidisciplinary forum for criminology research and education.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Indexes numerous printed reference sources that include usually short biograhical information on multiple persons. Covers living and deceased people all over the world in all occupations.
Biography Index Z 5301 .B5 (Ref)
Indexes biographical information from thousands of periodicals and books. Coverage from 1984. Updated weekly.
Contemporary Authors Z 1224 .c6 (Ref)
Part of the Literature Resource center, this directory provides brief biographical information about more than 120,000 authors from the US and elsewhere. Includes writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, journalism, and many other fields.
Directory of Adult and Juvenile Correctional Departments, Institutions, Agencies and Probation and Parole Authorities
HV 9463 .A84 (Ref)
This directory includes information such as purpose and capacity of facilities, cost of care and number of employees.
National Directory of Law Enforcement Administrators: Correctional Institutions and Related Agencies
HV 8130 .N37 (Ref)
This directory provides the administrator's name and the address of each agency. In addition to a listing of every type of law enforcement agency in the US, there is a section on Canadian law enforcement agencies and an international section listing the head of police for each country.
National Jail and Adult Detention Directory
HV 9463 .N38V (Ref)
State by state, this includes the addresses and phone numbers of facilities, and also the names of sheriffs and key staff, population figures, budget amounts, salary and wage figures, number of staff, inmate programs, facility size and construction status of new jails.
Who's Who on the Web Provides brief, usually up to date and usually reliable biographical information about more than 1.3 million people. Entries focus on frequently needed facts, such as birthdates, education, career, publications, and other objective data supplied by the individual to the editors. Who's Who in America biographies go back to 1607. The coverage of the rest of the Marquis Who's Who series is from 1985 to the present.
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