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Prison & Corrections Issues

A subject guide providing suggested resources and other information for beginning research on the topic Prison & Corrections Issues.

Recommended Multi-Subject Databases

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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
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Recommended Discipline-Specific Databases

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ERIC - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) - Identifies articles on all education topics.
Alternate Access Link
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) - Contains articles about gender issues from a wide variety of subject areas.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) - Indexes scholarly Psychology journals and other publications.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) - Provides articles on political science, international relations, law, public administration/policy, and political economy.

Suggested Keywords

Try these keywords when searching for information about your topic.

Correctional institutions
Criminal justice policy
Criminals -- Rehabilitation
Detention facilities
Incarceration
Institutionalized persons
Offenders
Penal reform
Prison conditions
Prison culture
Prisoners
Prisoners -- Education
Prison Industrial Complex
Recidivism