revised November 21, 2005
Monographs | Journals | Bibliographic Tools | Total Cost
Introduction
This is the Library's assessment for Crim 452 Sexual Offenders and Sexual Offences. The course will be offered beginning in Fall 2006 with an expected enrolment of 50 students, and offered once a year thereafter.
The course proposal included a good reading list that was used to assess the adequacy of SFU's collections to support this course.
Monographs
All but two of the monographs listed in the course proposal are available at the SFU Library. Copies of these two books should be acquired:
Laws, Hudson & Ward (2000). Remaking relapse prevention with sex offenders: a sourcebook Sage. ISBN: 0761918876. $162
Prentky, Janus & Seto (2003) Sexual coercive behavior: understanding and management Plenum. ISBN: 157331398X. $156
These can be acquired within the existing allocation for Criminology books.
The existing SFU Library book collection was further assessed using Library of Congress subject headings for the topics covered for this courses. Related subject headings and SFU holdings are listed below:
Child sexual abuse 85
Criminal psychology 189
Rape 496
Sex and law 88
Sex crimes 63
Sex offenders 107
Sexual deviation 68
Violent crimes 105
Women - Violence against 31
The Library is actively collecting monographs in this area; no additional funds will be required to support the course in this regard.
Journals
The Library has current subscriptions to the following journals that will provide useful material for this course:
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Archives of Sexual Behavior
Child Abuse and Neglect
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Criminology
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Law and Human Behavior
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
Bibliographic tools
Several of the bibliographic tools provided by library license will be useful for finding material relevant to this course.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
LawSource
PsycInfo
Sociological Abstracts
SocIndex
No additional bibliographic tools are required to support this course.
Overall total for this course:
There are no additional library costs associated with this course.
Note: The materials required for this course are located in the WAC Bennett Library on the Burnaby campus. This assessment is based on the understanding that the course will be offered at SFU’s Burnaby campus. If the course was to be offered at SFU Surrey or Harbour Centre, or as an off-campus course, additional library costs would be incurred.