Justice and Legal Studies
Subject Specialist
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| Peter Nagels | |
|---|---|
| Essendon Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03) 9094 3050 |
| Email: | pnagels@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Resources
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Australian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
- Courts and tribunals Victoria
- Department of Justice Victoria
- Kangan Institute Justice Studies Facebook page - do you like this page yet?
Websites
Victorian sites
- Victoria Legal Aid
- Victoria Police
- Victorian Council for Social Service
- Family Violence. Victoria has had enough
- The Law Handbook
- Victorian Legislation and Parlimentary Documents
Australian sites
- Australian Crime Commission
- Attorney-General's Department
- Australian Law Reform Commission
- Australian Federal Police
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
- Criminal law - subject guide from the Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Library
- Human Rights Law Resource Centre
- Australian Council of Social Service
- Justice Action
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
International sites
- Human Rights Watch
- United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- INTERVICT - International Victimology links page
- World Criminal Justice Library Network
- Psychology Today
- Yahoo! Directory law links
Statistics
- Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics - Australian Institute of Criminology site covers Australian and selected international statistics by subject
- National Centre for Crime and Justice Statistics - Australian Bureau of Statistics site
- Victoria Police Crime Statistics
- World Criminal Justice Library - Australian statistical resources
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue: enter specific topics (e.g. crime, social justice) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Keywords | Shelf numbers |
|---|---|
| Psychology | 150 |
| Sociology and anthropology | 301 |
| Culture | 306 |
| Human rights | 323 |
| Law | 340 - 349 |
| Social issues | 362 |
| Policing | 363.2 |
| Criminal investigation | 363.25 |
| Crime and criminology | 364 |
| Juvenile crime | 364.36 |
| Prisons | 365 |
| Coroners | 614.1 |
Recommended Textbooks
- Making and Breaking the Law by Jules Aldous. - 340 ALD
- Writing Guidelines for Social Science Students edited by Lisa Emerson. - 808.0663 WRI
- Criminal Law by Jonathan Clough and Carmel Mulhern. - 345.94 CLO
- Australian Criminal Justice by Mark Findlay, Stephen Odgers and Stanley Yeo. - 345.94 FIN
- Textbook on Criminology by Katherine Williams. - 364.942 WIL
- Crime and Criminology by Rob White and Fiona Haines. - 364 WHI
Search Library Catalogue for availability.
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
These two databases give you online access to thousands of journals with many in your field of interest. Search the entire database using keywords or search journals individually.
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Titles include: Psychology Today, Youth Studies, Australian Feminist Law Journal, Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences and all major Australian newspapers
Infotrac: General OneFile
Titles include: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Melbourne University Law Review, Social Justice, Criminal Justice, Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search)
Dictionaries
Oxford Reference Online Premium resources
- A Dictionary of Law
- A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
- The New Oxford Companion to Law
- The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia
- A Dictionary of Psychology
- Dictionary of the Social Sciences
- A Dictionary of Sociology
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
