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Invisible Crimes, Masked Vices: The Rhetoric of Violence

PWR 2CL - Spring 2015 - Instructor: Lewis, C.
Last Updated: 23-Feb-2015

A guide to resources for PWR 2CL: Invisible Crimes, Masked Vices: The Rhetoric of Violence

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Bibliographic Management

Reference/Background Sources

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.

Crime and the justice system in America : an encyclopedia / edited by Frank Schmalleger, with Gordon M. Armstrong.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Green Library » Information Center » HV6789 .C6884 1997
Encyclopedia of organized crime in the United States : from Capone's Chicago to the new urban underworld / Robert J. Kelly.
Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, c2000.
Green Library » Information Center » HV6446 .K43 2000
The social history of crime and punishment in America : an encyclopedia / Wilbur R. Miller, editor.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, c2012.
Green Library » Information Center » HV6779 .S63 2012 V.1
Violence in America : an encyclopedia / Ronald Gottesman, editor in chief ; Richard Maxwell Brown, consulting editor.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, c1999.
Green Library » Information Center » HN90 .V5 V5474 1999 V.1
Guns in American society : an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law / edited by Gregg Lee Carter.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
Green Library » Information Center » HV7436 .G8783 2002 V.1
The Sage dictionary of criminology [electronic resource] / compiled and edited by Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie.
London : SAGE, 2001.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

Selected Searchworks Subject Terms

Here are some "controlled vocabulary" terms for sports-related topics. Use the Limiters on the left column of the results list : Topics, Call Numbers (for Subject Area), Location (which library - another clue for subject/perspective), Publication Date, etc.

Capital Punishment
Look at the "Topics" box to see interesting sub-topics, like "Criminals"
Violent Crimes
Criminal Psychology
Mass Media and Crime
White Collar Crimes
Political Crimes and Offenses
War Crimes
Humanitarian Law

Suggested E-Journals

Search for articles in these online journals

Crime, media, culture [electronic resource].
London : Sage Publications, 2005-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Journal of criminal justice and popular culture [electronic resource].
Albany, NY : School of Criminal Justice, State University Of New York at Albany, c1993-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
The Journal of research in crime and delinquency.
New York, N.Y. : National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1964-
Law Library (Crown) » Basement » HV6001 .J74 V.43(2006)

Crime Statistics Resources