1. For mission statement, policy, statistics, etc., Go to the State's Correction's Dept. Web page. You can browse for topics. - OR - Search terms such as "sentencing" or "Truth in Sentencing" or "Determinate Sentencing" in their page's search box. Then also search "probation"
2. For evidence based programs and studies, Go back to the databaes
EBSCOhost Academic Premier, http://www.wiu.edu/library/direct/?ASP
Criminal Justice, http://www.wiu.edu/library/direct/?CJPI
Criminal Justice Abastracts, http://www.wiu.edu/library/direct/?CJA
and search such terms as:
probation in the Abstract
Florida in the Abstract
evidenced based in the Abstract.
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sentencing in the Abstract
Florida in the Abstract
"evidence based" in the Abstract
3. Go back to the Access World News database. Pick your state. Search all years available. Search terms such as "sentencing" or "Truth in Sentencing" or "Determinate Sentencing" in the lead paragraph. Do the same by searching "probation" in your state. These are not scholarly articles, but they may give you some terms and perspectives for your state to aid you in finding relevant information in other sources.
4. Go to www.google.com and add site:gov in front of your search terms. For example, try google site:gov searches of:
site:gov sentencing florida site:gov "truth in sentencing" florida site:gov "determinate sentencing" florida
site:gov probation florida site:gov "evidence based" probation florida site:gov "evidence based" sentencing
5. Use the Bureau of Justice Statistics Web page and the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCRJS) Web page search boxes to search such terms as "truth in sentencing" etc.
6. Do a general google search of such terms as sentencing florida "truth in sentencing" florida probation florida "evidence based" probation Florida etc.
Some states do not use .gov in their urls. So this is a way to possibly find offical state information from states that do not use .gov. Also, other organizations may have useful information about sentencing in a particular state. But be sure to evaluate the pages you find!!!! Who published that information? Are they advocating a point of view? Do they cite the sources for their information?
7. Law Review Journals in LexisNexis Academic. http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?verb=sf&sfi=AC07STJrnlsSrch
Searches such as SUMMARY(probation and florida) SUMMARY(sentencing and florida) SUMMARY(truth in sentencing and florida)
Summary(probation and florida and "evidence based")
8. Bureau of Justice Statistic http://www.bjs.gov/
(See "Corrections" in upper left) (search terms like probation, "truth in sentencing" in search box)
9. National Criminal Justice Statistics https://ncjrs.gov/
(see "Corrections" in upper left) (Search terms like sentencing, probation in search box)
10. Infotrac Academic Search Premiere. http://www.wiu.edu/library/direct/?EAI
By default, the search is searching their Subject Guide. For example search Probation in their subject guide. Then click on By Subdivision. Then choose from subtipics such as Analysis. Then search within results for your state. Then within an individual article, do "Find" from your browser to search for your state's name in the article.
Chuck Malone, 4th floor Malpass Library,
298-2719, c-malone@wiu.edu
Chuck Malone
c-malone@wiu.edu
4th floor Malpass Library
298-2719