Topics relevant to the economics of crime encompass economics, criminology, and criminal justice resources. A student's specific topic may also be studied by researchers in other disciplines, such as business, health, psychology, and other social sciences. Therefore, researchers should critically evaluate the information resources from these disciplines in order to find what is known about their topic.
The ISU librarians can help you determine what and where to find information for your projects. Please contact us if you would like help.
The Economics Subject Guide provides further resources and information about economics research.
From INSPIRE: The world's definitive scholarly business database; containing indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886. full text available for more than 3,200 titles.
The American Economic Association (AEA) provides free access to seven AEA journals and free searches of EconLit database for members only ($20/yr).
This database contains more than 400,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.
The Criminal Justice Database is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.
Sage's criminal justice journals offer articles and journals from every area of the justice system.