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- Reference Databases
- Article Databases
- Web Sites
- AlleyCat
- Use AlleyCat, the CCAC online catalog, to find materials at any of the CCAC libraries.
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Provides topical articles, about 15 - 20 pages long, on social issues; articles include an overview, background information, the current situation concerning the issue, an outlook on possible developments, a special focus, chronology of related events, and pro and con section, and an annotated bibliography. Provided by CQ Press.
- Crime and Punishment in America Reference Library
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Covers the evolution of the American criminal justice system throughout history. 2005. Provided by Gale.
- Issues & Controversies
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Provides more than 900 timely, in-depth, and objective articles, exploring controversial issues and topics. Provided by Facts.com.
- Opposing Viewpoints: Critical Thinking
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Contains an online library of current event topics; includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Provided by Gale.
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- Academic Search Premier
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Provides full text for more than 4,650 journals, including full text for more than 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Provided by EBSCOhost.
- MasterFILE Premier
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Provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,424 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of 440,207 photos, maps & flags. Provided by EBSCOhost.
- Alternative Press Index
- infoIndexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social issues. Provided by FirstSearch.
- Alternative Press Index Archive
- infoIndex of journals covering cultural, economic, political & social issues; covers 1969 - 1990. Provided by FirstSearch.
Web Sites: Statistics, Background, News and International Aspects
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Find statistics on topics related to crime, including capital punishment, jail and prison populations, prosecution statistics, probation and parole, etc. Searchable. Look under "Corrections" for capital punishment.
- Death Penalty Information Center
- Primarily statistics on capital punishment (national, by state, by race, international aspects, costs of the death penalty, women, etc.). Also sections on deterrence and innocent people who have been executed and a section on mental retardation and the death penalty. Includes links to related sites and full text reports on various aspects of capital punishment. Includes a forum of information and news concerning the events of September 11, 2001, as they relate to capital punishment.
- Executed Offenders
- Maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, this webpage lists those executed by the state and their final statements. This page is also part of a larger website that gives death penalty information and history, and statistics on Texas death row prisoners from 1923 to the present.
- September 11, 2001: A Forum of Information and News, Especially Related Punishment
- A link within the Death Penalty Information Center that contains articles, legislation and news in regards to terrorists and the death penalty.
Web Sites: Pro and Con
- American Bar Association: Recommended Moratorium on Capital Punishment
- In 1997 the American Bar Association issued this recommended moratorium on capital punishment until strict procedures and guidelines, designed to protect individual rights and eliminate the execution of innocent people, are met. A supporting document in WordPerfect format can be downloaded from the site.
- Beyond Reason: The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation
- Human Rights Watch presents a thorough examination of capital punishment and the mentally retarded in support of its position to ban capital punishment. The report includes an overview of mental retardation, an examination of justice system in regard to mentally impaired offenders, and case studies of individual offenders.
- Capital punishment - the Death Penalty
- An overview of capital punishment presented by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Includes pro and con arguments, statistics, history, and an extensive bibliography, many of which link to online resources.
- The Case Against the Death Penalty
- This paper by Hugo Adam Bedau, professor of philosophy at Tufts University, presents a variety of arguments against the death penalty. Originally published as a pamphlet by the American Civil Liberties Union in 1992.
- Death Penalty (Amnesty International)
- Amnesty International takes a strong stand against the death penalty. This site features current news items (archived to March 2000), interviews, and facts. Fact Sheets cover topics related to the death penalty such as juveniles, mental retardation, foreign nationals, and innocence. Includes information on the international aspects of the death penalty.
- Frontline: Angel on Death Row
- Sponsored by PBS in support of a Frontline broadcast on capital punishment. Includes pro and con essays from Supreme Court justices and others, and a chronology on capital punishment from colonial America through 1997.
- Pro-Death Penalty.com
- Sponsored by Justice for All, a victim's rights organization. Includes links to articles and a long "Death Penalty Paper" arguing in support of capital punishment. Includes scheduled executions with details on each case.