Research Guides: CRJU 4200: Police Administration: Home

Course Textbooks

Police Administration, 10th edition by Gary W. Cordner
Call #: RESERVE
Publication Date: 2019
Examines police administration from multiple perspectives and provides case studies based on real-life events
Recruitment, Selection and Retention of Law Enforcements Officers by Patrick Oliver
Call #: RESERVE
Publication Date: 2013
Attract, Hire & Keep the Best of the Best!
The New World of Police Accountability, 2nd edition by Samuel Walker & Carol Archbold
Call #: RESERVE
Synthesizes the major developments in the area of police accountability and argues that these developments represent a new period in the history of police reform that promises to address the historic problems of police abuse. Assesses both the achievements and limitations of police accountability and reshapes the conventional wisdom on this topic.

Using Keywords

Identify key concepts from your questions, then brainstorm synonyms/related terms to find relevant books & articles. Some examples:

"police accountability" - "police oversight" "police misconduct"

"legitimacy" of police - "public perceptions of police" "public support of police" "procedural justice"

"early intervention system" - "EIS" "early intervention program"

"police ethics" - "police integrity"

Finding Scholarly Sources

Scholarly Articles | CU Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text™ includes bibliographic records and full text covering essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts This link opens in a new window
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts provides users with information thoroughly covering the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts provides users with information thoroughly covering the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice. The database contains summaries of more than 190,000 publications including books, government reports, research reports, and unpublished research. It also includes content from 189 journals, including 12 with core coverage. Content dates range from 1970 to the present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.

JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. It is full-text searchable and includes images. There are embargos of between 3-5 years for most journal titles. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1.

...or browse all History & Government databases here.

Scholarly Articles | Google

Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Academic Books

CU Books
Search for books and other materials that are located here at the Centennial Library.
OhioLINK
Find and request books from other Ohio university libraries.
Google Books
Search the latest index of the world's books. Find millions of great books you can preview or read for free.

Key Websites

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Collects and analyzes information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 2,700 curated studies or statistical data series.
Census Data
Provides access to Census Bureau data, including data on population, economic, education, business, housing, income & poverty, and more.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents. It supports local, state and federal analysis and decision-making needs.
National Institute of Corrections Digital Resources Library
NIC's Digital Resources Library covers over 3,000 items, accessible online, that have been produced by NIC or other sources. You can use the search engine on the right or browse through categories.
FBI Crime Data Explorer
The FBI's Crime Data Explorer (CDE) aims to provide transparency, create easier access, and expand awareness of criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data sharing. Use the CDE to discover available data through visualizations, download data in .csv format, and other large data files.

CRJU 4200: Police Administration

Kirsten Setzkorn | Humanities Librarian