Monthly Archives: October 2008
Future of Children, Fall 2008
This journal issue, published by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and The Brookings Institution, addresses the theme “juvenile justice” and includes articles on disproportionate minority contact, understanding the female offender, adolescent offenders with mental disorders, and juvenile justice and substance use (JustINFO)
Terrorist Attack Prevention
Policing Terrorism: An Executive’s Guide, directed toward police, sheriffs, and other senior executives in agencies with limited resources, contains 50 briefs focusing on terrorism prevention and preparedness. It provides guidance on the essential components of a counterterrorism plan: developing intelligence, identifying and protecting major targets, and expanding disaster response capabilities (JustINFO)
Selected New Books in Criminal Justice: October 31, 2008
This is a selected list of new Criminal Justice books in University Library which are housed on the 1st floor of Library North for 1 month and then moved to its permanent location. Check GIL for current availability. For a full list of all new titles searchable by call number and more, go to the University Library [...]
Selected New Books in Social Work: October 31, 2008
This is a selected list of new Social Work books in University Library which are housed on the 1st floor of Library North for 1 month and then moved to its permanent location. Check GIL for current availability. For a full list of all new titles searchable by call number and more, go to the University Library [...]
Selected New Books in Psychology: October 31, 2008
This is a selected list of new Psychology books in University Library which are housed on the 1st floor of Library North for 1 month and then moved to its permanent location. Check GIL for current availability. For a full list of all new titles searchable by call number and more, go to the University Library New [...]
Community Policing Dispatch, October 2008
This issue includes articles about how human rights organizations can strengthen relationships between local police and immigrant communities, and how law enforcement can adapt their performance appraisal systems to reflect community policing measures.
Crime Geography Newsletter, Fall 2008
This issue examines how the national home foreclosure crisis has affected crime, police practice, and public policy. Articles show that geographic informations systems can assess how foreclosures affect crime trends and improve city cleanup of graffiti and blight
New Social Worker Online, Fall 2008
This issue includes the following articles:
Student Role Model: Katie Schmidt
Ethics: Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma
Field Placement: An Introduction to “Use of Self” in Field Placement
What’s on Your Social Work Horizon?
Opportunities for Student Outside the Classroom
Social Work around the Map: Give an Hour
Hip-Hop Social Work
Social Workers Are Laughing
I Could Never Do What You Do
Back-to-School Resolution: Avoid [...]
Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, Fall 2008
This issue of the free online journal includes the following articles:
A Response to Paul Adams: The Code of Ethics and the Clash of Orthodoxies
The Readiness of Social Work Students to Blow the Whistle to Protect the Client’s Interest
Grounding MSW Students in Social Work Values and Ethics: An Innovative Approach
Ethics as Activity: Building Collaborative, Expansive and Just [...]


NIJ Journal, Issue #261