The Sixties. For students interested in the events of the 1960s that impacted the development of criminal justice, see Todd Gitlin. The Sixties: Years of Hope, Years of Rage. New York: Bantam, 1987.
The War on Drugs. For material on the evolution of drug use in the United States, see James A. Inciardi. The War on Drugs III: The Continuing Saga of the Mysteries and Miseries of Intoxication, Addiction, Crime, and Public Policy. Needham, M.A.: Allyn & Bacon, 2002.
Models of Criminal Justice. The major work on this topic is Herbert Packer. The Limits of Criminal Sanction. Stanford, C.A.: Stanford University Press, 1968.
Criminal Justice Abstracts. Criminal Justice Abstracts provide comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. For each document, an informative summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided. Topics also include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing. To access Criminal Justice Abstracts go to http://www2.lib.udel.edu/database/cja.html and click on the yellow button "search database." You can also access this database via the Library Networked Databases Social Sciences Web page.
Terrorism Crime. Suggested readings include: David A. Charters & Graham F. Walker, eds., After 9/11: Terrorism and Crime in a Globalized World. Halifax, N.S.: Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 2004. Harvey W. Kushner, ed., Essential Readings on Political Terrorism: Analyses of Problems and Prospects for the 21st Century (New York: Gordian Knot Books, 2002).
Employment Opportunities in Criminal Justice. There are numerous career resources available for students graduating with a degree in criminal justice: Stephen Lambert and Debra Regan, Great Jobs for Criminal Justice Majors (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001); John Douglas, John Douglas's Guide to Landing a Career in Law Enforcement (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005); Donald B. Hutton and Anna Mydlarz, Guide to Law Enforcement Careers (Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2001); Donald B. Hutton and Anna Mydlarz, Guide to Homeland Security Careers (Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2003); Blythe Camenson, Opportunities in Forensic Science Careers (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001).
Terrorism and Law. Important recent works in this area are David Cole and James X. Dempsey, Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security (New York: New Press, 2002); Bruce Hoffman, "Rethinking Terrorism and Counterterrorism Since 9/11," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 25 (2003):303-316.
Criminal Justice Education. For an analyses of the evolution of criminal justice education in the United States. See Mittie D. Southerland, "Criminal Justice Curricula in the United States: A Decade of Change," Justice Quarterly 19 (December 2002), pp. 589-601. An article of related interest is Willie J. Edwards, Norm White, Ingrid Bennett, and Frank Pezzella, "Who Has Come Out of the Pipeline: African-Americans in Criminology and Criminal Justice," Journal of Criminal Justice Education 9 (Fall 1998), pp. 249-265.
