Criminology

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects, dissertations, and theses in Criminology.

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Databases

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Provide access to useful research materials from abstracts, academic journals, newspapers, e-books, and various multimedia.

These are the available journals organised by general topics. Journals have overlapping topics, so please venture into other topics and explore those journals as well.

Click 'more' to learn about academic/scholarly and professional journals.

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What Are Academic/Scholarly Journals and Articles?

  • Journals that provide good quality research articles
  • Journals that are listed higher on the Scimago Journal Rank
  • Articles are normally peer reviewed (experts in the profession have reviewed the research and agree that its findings are accurate and contributes to the field)
  • Articles typically have the following information available in the abstract: background, research methods, results, and conclusions
  • Articles will have an extensive bibliography showing where the writer got their information
  • Articles that have been cited multiple times by others suggest strong research

What Are Professional Journals and Articles?

  • Journals include recent issues relevant to a particular profession
  • Articles are short and not normally in depth compared to academic articles
  • Articles do not normally have an abstract or decent bibliography
  • Useful for understanding recent issues, not so much for quality research

Tips for Searching for Reliable Journals and Articles

  • When looking for journal articles, it is best to use the library rather than Google. This is because researchers from the university and librarians have located the most reliable academic/scholarly journals related to a particular field.
  • Remember: you will have to play around with the keywords/short phrases to find the right combination. Use one keyword/short phrase per line in the search box (the library search doesn't work like the Google search).

• Criminology (General)

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This is not a complete list. More general criminology journals are available in Discovery.

• Policing

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This is not a complete list. More policing journals are available in Discovery.

An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed open access publication with an applied focus on crime and security issues.


Promotes the exchange of innovation and experience in crime prevention, introducing new approaches, re-evaluating traditional theories and methods, and reporting on the latest research.


Covers the latest developments in management and the control of information.


An international and fully peer reviewed journal which welcomes high quality, theoretically informed papers on a wide range of fields linked to criminological research and analysis.


The official journal of the Security & Crime Prevention Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. It is an international premier, peer-reviewed journal for scholars, educators, practitioners and students in the fields of security, criminology and criminal justice, and crime prevention.


Widely acknowledged as the leading international academic journal specialising in the study of policing institutions and their practices. It is concerned with all aspects of how policing articulates and animates the social contexts in which it is located.


Publishes peer reviewed papers that address the range of traditional issues within risk and crisis management but also encourages multi-disciplinary perspectives on the ways in which these approaches are evolving in light of contemporary challenges.


Authoritative and original studies on military science and technology, international security and military history.


Focuses on the challenge of building security through cooperation across the northern hemisphere, as well as how this experience can be applied to other parts of the world.


Publishes articles and papers that report on and analyze the latest research and innovation in every area of security. The journal also presents reviews of books, videos and security sector reports, opinion essays and expert commentary on important current issues.


Research on a wide range of issues related to security and development.

 

Your Subject Team

 Mystery Beck

Faculty Librarian

email Mystery.Beck@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk