This LibGuide was created by USC Upstate librarians to help with research in the Women & Gender Studies and/or the Criminal Justice areas. You will find a selection of materials and suggestions for research. If you need more help remember to Ask-a-Librarian
Criminal Justice and Women's studies both fall under the Library of Congress classification H for Social Science; more specifically HN - Social Problems, HQ - Women, HT - Classes & Races, and HV - Social & Public Welfare / Criminology. You may also find materials in KF - United States Law
There are many resources that are available off campus eBooks can be accessed from the catalog page by clicking into the off campus access link in the upper right corner of the catalog. If you are having issues accessing books or databases try downloading the Spartan Green Sky (VM wear Horizon software) for access off campus to all of the library tools.
Female Crime, Criminals and Cellmates by 
How Crime in the United States Is Measured by 
Demographics and Criminality by 
Statistics on Crime and Punishment: A Selection of Statistical Charts, Graphs and Tables About Crime and Punishment by Suggested Library of Congress subject headings include:
A Comprehensive Study of Female Offenders by 
The Crimes Women Commit by 
Criminalized mothers, criminalizing mothering by 
Gender, Crime, and Justice by 
Women and Crime: a reference handbook by 
Women Doing Life by 
Women Drug Traffickers by 
Working with Female Offenders by Suggested Library of Congress subject headings include:
Breaking Women: gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment by 
Freeing Tammy by 
Interrupted Life by Women Doing Life by
Suggested Library of Congress subject headings include:
Crime Control and Women by 
Handbook on Effective Prosecution Responses to Violence Against Women and Girls by 
The Invisible Woman: gender, crime, and justice by 
Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls by 
Violence Against Women by Women and Crime: a reference handbook by Suggested Library of Congress subject headings include:
Abetting Batterers by 
Battered Women's Justice by 
Battered Women's Protective Strategies by 
Intimate Violence Against Women by 
Violence Against Women by Suggested Library of Congress subject headings include
Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice by 
Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault by 
Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom by 
Sexual Violence by 
Partner Stalking by 
The Justice Women by 
Women in Criminal Justice by Crime Control and Women by Criminal Justice usually uses the APA citation style, but make sure what your professor requires. IF you are allowed to use websites for your research make sure to use quality sites by checking it using the STAAR method or the ABC method.
Find government reports by searching Google adding SITE:.gov to the end of your search. For example violent crimes against women AND SITE:.gov will get any local, state or federal reports related to violent crimes against women posted by government sites. This also works well to find government statistics on crime. For Example domestic violence statistics AND SITE:.gov will limit the crime statistics to government documents.
