General Sources

REF 317.3 Sta  Statistical Abstract of the United States contains statistical information of all types.&

REF 317.3 Wor  World Almanac another good statistical source. &

REF 340.3 Bla   Black's law dictionary; definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern, with guide to pronunciation. 1957 &

REF  342.73 Con  The Constitution and its amendments.   c1999.  Contains 165 essays in which the authors discuss specific articles or amendments to the Constitution of the United States, with some coverage of selected concepts, cases, or topics of importance during a specific period. Organized by constitutional clauses, with definitions of key terms, sidebars, and illustrations.  &

REF 347 Cou  Courtroom Drama, 3 vols. 1998. Covers 120 notable trials that occurred around the world, from the Salem witchcraft cases to O.J. Simpson. &

REF  349 Rev  Revised code of Washington. 1994.  Containing all of the laws passed by the Washington State Legislature to the current publication date. Also, in Volume 0 is the Constitution of the United States and all amendments, and the Constitution of Washington State. A general index is in Volume 8.  &

REF 349.73 Ame  American justice.  c1996.    Articles on a wide variety of American justice topics.  &

REF 363.3 Gun  Guns in American Society: an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture  & the law, 2 vols. Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the history, politics, culture, laws, and controversies surrounding guns in American society. &

REF 364 Nas  Encyclopedia of world crime : criminal justice, criminology, and law enforcement. 1990.  6 vols.   Detailed entries on the people associated with crime: Al Capone, Ted Bundy, Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, James Hoffa, Jack the Ripper, Jesse James, Charles Manson, John Wilkes Booth, members of the Mafia, the Weathermen, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Lizzie Borden, John Dillinger, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Herman Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Hitler and hundreds of other.  &

REF 364.03 Wor  World of criminal justice.  2 vols. 2002. Alphabetically organized encyclopedia of legal terminology, biographical entries for individuals (lawyers, politicians, criminals), noteworthy legal cases, and portrayals of legal matters in popular culture.  &

REF 364.3 Vio  Violence in America, 3 vols. Explores all types of violence in America, including injury or threat of injury. The injury may be physical, emotional, or psychological; direct or implied; legally authorized or criminal; and intentional or not.&

REF 364.973 Sif  Encyclopedia of American Crime, 2nd edition, 2 vols.  A historical account of some of the colorful figures and tales in American crime.&

King County Library System – Databases: Government  & Law  http://www.kcls.org/ 8

Congressional Universe Congressional documents, records and unclassified congressional documentation via the CIS/Index to Publications of the United States Congress.
CQ Researcher In-depth information on current and controversial topics.
Legal Trac Articles from major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals as well as law-related articles from business and general interest titles.
Oxford Reference: Law Law themed dictionaries and subject reference works in a single cross-searchable resource.

ProQuest http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=306&TS=1054581030 8

Library of Congress, Thomas -- historical and current legislative information  http://thomas.loc.gov/ 8

Supreme Court Collection, Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html 8

University of Washington School of Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu/ 8
 

Prisons

Ref 365 Pri  Prisons and jails: A deterrent to crime?  1995. A compilation of current findings, statistics, graphs and charts on prisons and jails including such topics as: history of corrections, expenditures, jails, prisons and prisoners, characteristics of state prisoners, juvenile confinement, youth facilities, probation and parole, alternative sentencing, prison overcrowding, health of inmates, prisoners' rights, etc.  &

For more books on this topic search the library's catalog for "Prisons" and "Prisoners." &

Human Rights First (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/index.asp 8

International Federation of Library Associations – Report on rights of prisoners in the U.S. to legal information  http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla60/60-lehv.htm 8

Red Cross – Report on the history of the Geneva Conventions in regard to the treatment of prisoners of war http://www.redcross.org/museum/history/geneva.asp 8

Washington State Department of Corrections – History of prisons in Washington http://www.doc.wa.gov/aboutdoc/history.asp 8
 

Extradition

Unfortunately, the library currently has few books dealing specifically with this topic.  Many of the books listed under general sources, however, have some information on extradition.  Be sure to check ProQuest and the KCLS databases for articles. &

Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/ 8

Center for Constitutional Rights  http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/home.asp 8

Electronic Information System for International Law http://www.eisil.org/ 8

Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/ 8
 

White Collar Crime

National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)  http://www.nw3c.org/ 8

NPR:  Punishing White Collar Crime http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4694534 8

Drug Trafficking

Ref 362.29 Enc   Encyclopedia of drugs and alcohol. 1995.  4 vols. Contains alphabetically-arranged entries that provide information about a variety of topics related to substance use and abuse, including articles on social policy, politics, economics, drug trafficking, and other issues, as well as descriptions of specific drugs and alcoholic beverages.  &

For books search the library's catalog for "Drug traffic" &

United Nations Office on Drug Control and Crime Prevention http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/undcp.html 8

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ 8

Wikipedia – Illegal Drug Trade  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade 8

Sex Crimes

We have many books on this topic in the library. Search the catalog for "Rape," "Date rape" and "Acquaintance rape." &

Family Violence Prevention Fund http://endabuse.org/programs/teens/ 8

Go Ask Alice!  Columbia University Health Services, an internet question service with archives of real Q&A’s about all kinds of health related issues for young adults http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/about.html 8

King County Library Database – News & Current Events: Opposing Viewpoints http://www.kcls.org/ 8

Teen Health  http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/date_rape.html 8
 

Serial Killers

REF 364.15 New   Newton, Michael, 1951- The encyclopedia of serial killers.  c2000.   Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide case histories of individual serial killers from throughout history, as well as essays on general topics related to serial murder.&

For more books search the library's catalog for "Serial killers" and "Serial murders"  &

King County Library System Databases – News & Current Events – New York Times Historical Newspaper backfiles http://www.kcls.org/ 8

Wikipedia – Serial Killers  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer 8

Crime Scene Investigation

We have several books dealing with this topic.  Search the library catalog for the subject “Criminal investigation” or the keyword “investigation.”  &

National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html 8

Southern Oregon University Dept. of Criminology & Criminal Justice – Who solves crimes? http://www.sou.edu/CRIM/csi.html 8