1602 - Criminology

UQ ERA rating in 2012: Not assessed

UQ ERA rating in 2010: Not assessed

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the School of Social Science and the Institute of Social Science Research. The School and Institute are part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under these classification numbers: HM811-821,HV6001-HV9920. The following specialist book collections are available:

Informit eLibrary
Oxford Scholarship online
Sage eReference
Springer E book collections

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 83% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

Advances in Criminological Theory
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology
British Journal of Criminology: international review of crime and society
Crime and Delinquency
Crime and Justice: a review of research
Criminal Justice and Behaviour
Criminology
Criminology and Criminal justice
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Journal of research in Crime and Delinquency
Justice quarterly
Law and Society
Policing and Society: an international journal of research and policy
Punishment and Society: international journal of Penology
Theoretical Criminology

UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:

AFPD- Australian Federal Police Digest
AGIS- Attorney General's Information Guide
APA-FT
Cinch - Australian Criminology database
Monitoring reports - Australian Institute of Criminology(online)
NCJRS - National Criminological Justice Reference Service
Sociological Abstracts
Scopus
Web of Science

Additional formats relevant to the area:

Informit Media Databases (TVnews)

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

Primarily English language material is collected.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

No geographical areas excluded.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

No chronological periods are specifically excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Literature collected in print, multimedia and electronic formats.

5. Publication dates

The emphasis is on collecting recent publications (last 5 years), however older materials will be purchased to support teaching and research.

6. Special considerations

Closely aligned with growing and emerging areas of Law - e.g.: relating to Australian Indigenous legal issues and other First Nations peoples such as NZ & Canada, and Human trafficking.