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Library Resources for CJ210

Research Strategies

This assignment requires you to locate an event illustrating possible unethical police behavior. The Library has lots of reliable resources, including reference books, newspapers, and journals, which will help you explore the concept of criminal justice ethics as well as expand upon the topic as it relates to constitutional law.

Studies continually demonstrate a correlation between improved grades and library usage, so be sure to use the suggested research strategies provided on this page. 

Getting Started

ProQuest Central may be the best database to search this topic. It contains law enforcement/criminal justice specific journals as well as thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.

Suggested searches to try include:

  • cases of police misconduct
  • law enforcement personnel "unethical behavior"
  • police officers "unethical behavior"

Be sure to Include the quotation marks as shown above because they tell the database to look for the words together as a phrase. 

Be aware that searches can be narrowed using the filters on the left side of the results page. For example, you may choose to view only news/newspaper sources:

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