LibGuides: Criminal Justice: Find Books

Find Books

The Delaware Library Catalog is the library's online catalog. It will help you search for books related to your program of study. The catalog can be searched by title, author, or subject. Searches can be limited by type of library and/or location. Try searching the Delaware Library Catalog using the keywords listed below:

Capital Punishment Corrections Law Victims of Crime

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Browsing the book shelves in the library can also lead you to books you may not otherwise find related to your program of study. The main call numbers for materials on or related to Criminal Justice are:

HV6001 – HV7220.5--Criminology
HV7231 – HV9960--Criminal justice administration
HV7551 – HV8280.7--Police, detectives
HV8301 – HV9920.7--Penology, prisons, corrections
HV5000 – HV5582--Criminal law and procedure
KFD1 – KFD599--Law of Delaware

Police Craft by Adam Plantinga
Call Number: HV7914 .P734 2018
A veteran police officer gives his thoughtful, balanced views on police shootings, racial profiling, community relations, and every other aspect of policing in Police Craft: What Cops Know About Crime, Community and Violence. Written by Adam Plantinga, the author of the acclaimed 400 Things Cops Know, Police Craft is a thought-provoking and revelatory examination of policing in America, as seen by a working police officer.
Until We Reckon by Danielle Sered
Call Number: HV8688 .S47 2019
Steers directly and unapologetically into the question of violence, offering approaches that will help end mass incarceration and increase safety. Sered asks us to reconsider the purposes of incarceration and argues persuasively that the needs of victims of violent crime are better met by asking people who commit violence to accept responsibility for their actions and make amends in ways that are meaningful to those they have hurt.
Children in Prison by Jerome Gold
Call Number: HV9104 .G6267 2019
This book chronicles the experiences of six young people in Ash Meadow in Washington State. Written from the perspective of a prison rehabilitation counselor, this book provides a firsthand account of these children's lives during and after their stay. These accounts show how domestic violence, inequality and poor adult-modeling influence the decisions that children make later in life.
Doing Justice by Preet Bharara
Call Number: KF8700 .B43 2019
By the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, an important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our society. Using case histories, personal experiences and his own inviting writing and teaching style, Preet Bharara shows the thought process we need to best achieve truth and justice in our daily lives and within our society.
Charged by Emily Bazelon
Call Number: KF9640 .B39 2019
Follows the story of two young people caught up in the criminal justice system: Kevin, a twenty-year-old in Brooklyn who picked up his friend's gun as the cops burst in and was charged with a serious violent felony, and Noura, a teenage girl in Memphis indicted for the murder of her mother. Bazelon tracks both cases and illustrates just how criminal prosecutions can go wrong and, more important, why they don't have to.

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What if the book I want isn’t available at my campus library but is located in another Delaware library?

You can place a hold on the book, and when it is available, it will be sent to the Delaware Tech library location that you choose.

Follow these easy steps:

Find the item you want in the Library Catalog.
Click on "Place Hold"
Enter your 700#, PIN, and the Delaware Tech library where you want the material sent.
Be patient—it may take a few days for the material to arrive.
You will receive a Delaware Tech e-mail notice when your material has arrived.
Bring your Delaware Tech ID when you pick up your material.

To request books not available in the Delaware Library Catalog use the electronic form available here:

Interlibrary Loan

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