"CRIMINAL JUSTICE ABSTRACTS" FROM SAGE PUBLICATIONS.Sage Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , CA), a unit of Sage, Inc., has begun the production of Criminal Justice Abstracts, a quarterly journal/database that carries coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. An annual subscription costs $120 for individuals and $450 for institutions. Published in cooperation with the Criminal Justice Collection of Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. Library, the new periodical covers such topics as crime trends, crime prevention and deterrance, juvenile delinquency juvenile delinquency, legal term for behavior of children and adolescents that in adults would be judged criminal under law. In the United States, definitions and age limits of juveniles vary, the maximum age being set at 14 years in some states and as high as 21 , juvenile justice, police, courts, corrections, intermediate sanctions, offenders, victims, and punishment and sentencing. Each issue includes hundreds of abstracts from over 500 journals published around the world, new books from scholarly and commercial publishers, and reports from public and private agencies from many nations. The journal is being targeted to attorneys and academic institutions and government agencies where researchers are studying criminal justice, sociology, social work, law and education. The publication is also available on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , hard disk or via the Internet through SilverPlatter Information Inc. (Norwood, MA). |
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