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Capital Punishment
A Guide to Resources in Pollak Library   


Encyclopedias

Statistics
Books
Articles
Web Sites
California
Juveniles
Pro & Con
Primary Sources
U.S. Law, Supreme Court Cases, & State Laws

Encyclopedias 

new title Online: Gale Virtual Reference Library [CSUF only]

new title Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States (2001)
REFERENCE  HV8694 .P35 2001  CATALOG RECORD

new title Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (2002)
REFERENCE  HV6017 .E52 2002 Vol. 1-4 CATALOG RECORD

new title Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
REFERENCE  HV6017 .E524 2002 CATALOG RECORD

American Attitudes [in index, see Death penalty] (1998)
REFERENCE  HN90.P8 M58 1998 CATALOG RECORD 

American Justice (1996)
REFERENCE  KF154 .A44 1996 Vol. 1-3 CATALOG RECORD

American Law Yearbook 1998
REFERENCE  KF154 .W472 1998 CATALOG RECORD

Congressional Quarterly's Desk Reference on American Criminal Justice (2001)
REFERENCE  HV9950 .B364 2001 CATALOG RECORD

Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior (2001)
REFERENCE  HV6017 .E53 2001 Vol. 1-4 CATALOG RECORD

Great American Court Cases (1999)
REFERENCE  KF385.A4 G68 1999 Vol. 1-4 CATALOG RECORD

Handbook of Crime & Punishment (1998)
REFERENCE  HV6789 .H25 1998 CATALOG RECORD

new title Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court (2006)
REFERENCE  KF 4549 .M334 2006 CATALOG RECORD

Legal Atlas of the United States [see page 166] (1997)
REFERENCE  KF387 .F35 1997 CATALOG RECORD 

National Survey of State Laws
Online: Gale Virtual Reference Library [CSUF only]
Print: REFERENCE  KF386 .N38 1999 CATALOG RECORD 

Pros and Cons: Social Policy Debates of Our Time (2001)
REFERENCE HN59.2 .K56  CATALOG RECORD 



Books 

opac screenBelow is a selective list of books in Pollak Library. To find additional books, search the Library Catalog by the subject or keywords in these examples:

Subject: capital punishment
Keywords: death penalty


newspaper and journal articles
Articles 

To find articles, search Pollak Library's subscription databases. The links below will take you to a list of relevant databases.

Databases--Statistics
Databases--Pro & Con
Databases--Scholarly Journals
Databases--Newspapers
Databases--Government Sources

CQ Researcher articles:

  • "Death Penalty Controversies," September 23, 2005
  • "Rethinking the Death Penalty," November 16, 2001
  • "Death Penalty Update," January 8, 1999
  • "Death Penalty Debate," March 10, 1995
  • "Mandatory Sentencing," May 26, 1995


California 

Juveniles 
  • The Juvenile Death Penalty Today (2004) PDF-36 pages
  • Roper v. Simmons (3-3-05) PDF-87 pages (prevents states from making 16- and 17-year-olds eligible for execution)
  • The Death Penalty Against Child Offenders (2002) [Amnesty International]
  • Children and the Death Penalty (2002) [Amnesty International]
  • Juveniles and the Death Penalty (2000) HTML | PDF-16 pages
  • "U.S. Is Urged to Quit Executing Youth Offenders," Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2002. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.
  • "Commentary; Abolish the Death Penalty for Youths," Los Angeles Times, Sept 16, 2002, page B-11. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.
  • United States of America: The Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders (1991) CATALOG RECORD
  • JOURNAL ARTICLES:
    • Academic Search Premier: DEFAULT FIELDS: capital punishment and juvenile
    • CQ Researcher: QUICK SEARCH: juveniles and capital punishment
      • "Juvenile Justice," CQ Researcher, 02/25/1994.
      • "Kids in Prison," CQ Researcher, 04/27/2001.
      • "Death Penalty Update," CQ Researcher, 01/08/1999.
      • "Rethinking the Death Penalty," CQ Researcher, 11/16/2001.

Pro & Con 


U.S. Law, Supreme Court Cases, & State Laws 
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