NSHS guides: Criminal Justice: Chapman: Criminal Justice

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Database Topic Centers

Black Lives Matter: Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Topic Center: includes news and reference articles, primary sources, opinion pieces and more.
Drug Legalization: Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Topic Center: includes news and reference articles, primary sources, opinion pieces and more.
Police Reform: Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Topic Center: includes news and reference articles, primary sources, opinion pieces and more.
Sentencing and Prison Reform: Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Topic Center: includes news and reference articles, primary sources, opinion pieces and more.
Sentencing: ABC-CLIO Issues
Topic Center: See Topic Library for more articles
Capital Punishment: ABC-CLIO Issues
Topic Center: See Topic Library for more articles

Databases

Infobase: Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window
ABC-CLIO / Issues This link opens in a new window
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Gale Onefile: Criminal Justice

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Websites

Harvard Think Tank Search
A specialized search engine that searches websites of institutions that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity.
The Sentencing Project
A research and advocacy group working to reduce the use of incarceration in the United States
Voting Rights Restoration Efforts in Florida
A summary of current felony disenfranchisement policies and legislative advocacy in Florida from the Brennan Center for Justice.
Felon Voting Rights
Topic Center from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Includes topic overview and summary data for recent legislative action on a state by state basis.
Map of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws
A state by state map from the American Civil Liberties Union, with links to data for specific states.
Bail Reform
A curated collection from the Marshall Project, a non-profit journalism organization focused on the United States justice system.
Bail Reform: ACLU
The Second Look Act
This bill allows a defendant who has served at least 10 years in prison to petition a federal court for a sentence reduction. Summary and status data from Congress.gov.
What does ‘defund the police’ mean and does it have merit?
An article from the Brookings Institution.

Criminal Justice

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