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SUBJECT: Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA)
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1968-present. Indexes books, articles, government and nongovernment agency reports in criminology and related disciplines.

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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (CSA)
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1975-present. Published by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice's National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Contains summaries of over 174,000 U.S. and international publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual presentations, and unpublished research.

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