Criminal Justice

Search term tips:

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Books:
When searching for books, it's best to use only one or two words even if your topic is more complex.  For example, for incarceration or punishment in China, just type and search for China incarceration.

Articles:
When searching for articles in databases (ProQuest or EbscoHost/Academic Search Premier) consider more complex combinations of search term. 

Here are some ideas:

Criminal Justice:

"criminal justice"
crime
criminology
"criminal behavior" 

Incarceration:

incarceration
prison
jail
inmate
offender
rehabilitation 
 

AND
 

2. For an even narrower search, add terms like:

education
discrimimation
rehabilitation
segregation
larceny
poverty
recidivism