Instructor:
Jude Ryan
ENC1102
Class Guide
The Prison System in the United States
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Instructor:
Jude Ryan Class Guide The Prison System in the United States |
Getting Started | Finding Books | Finding Articles | Finding Internet Resources
This assignment asks you to explore the prison system in the United States. Mr. Ryan has provided you with a list of questions to initiate your investigation. This class guide will assist you in locating information in the library, on databases located on the library website and on the Internet.
Get an overview of Prison Systems from the Encyclopedia Britannica
(Online Version or print)
The print version is in the Reference Section: REF AE5
.E363 1998
The online version is available through the PCC Remote Access Databases
link.
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From the online Encyclopedia Britannica: penologyalso called PENAL SCIENCE, the division of criminology that concerns itself with the philosophy and practice of society in its efforts to repress criminal activities. As the term signifies (from Latin poena, "pain," or "suffering"), penology has stood in the past and, for the most part, still stands for the policy of inflicting punishment on the offender as a consequence of his wrongdoing; but it may reasonably be extended to cover other policies, not punitive in character, such as probation, medical treatment, and education, aimed at the cure or rehabilitation of the offender; and this is, in fact, the accepted present sense of the term. |
Other terms that you can use to locate information on the Prison System include:
- Corrections
- Correctional Institutions
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation
- Punishment
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Books
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are many books in the REFERENCE collection. Here are some examples:
Encyclopedia of American Prisons
Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/ Feel free to ask the librarian for assistance locating this resource.
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Use the Online Catalog to search for additional books on your topic. Try terms like prisons, penology, corrections, punishment .
Books are located on the library shelves by their "call number". Feel free to ask the librarian for assistance locating books.
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Use one of the Library's electronic databases or print indexes to find newspaper, magazine, or journal articles on your topic. Go
to the Library Web Site, click on "Databases" and then click
on Remote Access
Databases. There are "general" databases which are good for a variety of subjects and there are "specialized" databases that are good specific areas like nursing, the arts, science... Try Academic Search Premier - it is a general database that provides "full text" access (a link to the actual article is provided) You can print articles, e-mail them to yourself or save them to a disk.
Some other databases you might like to try that also available through the Remote Access Databases link. Criminal Justice Periodicals Index - Covers a wide variety of criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Full-text and image coverage for about 50 journals. Issues and Controversies -- Offers a wealth of current topics research information, including pro/con discussions of hot issues, newspaper editorials, numerical snapshots of key topics, photos and graphics, and selected historical source documents. Current Issues Universe -- Comprehensive access to current issues. CQ Researcher -- Explores a single "hot" issue each week, ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles.
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You can find anything on the "Net" - right? Well... maybe not. Be
very choosy about resources you find on the Internet.
Still looking? Try searching directories
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