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If you need help, please contact Yolanda Koscielski, Liaison Librarian for Criminology, Psychology & Philosophy at or ysk6@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian.
Welcome video
Specialized research guides
MA in Applied Legal Studies Program - Guide to effective library research
Forensic Sciences Research Guide
Media Literature Reviews: How to Conduct a Literature Review Using News Sources
Grey Literature: What it is & how to find it
Help with course assignments
- Criminology Research: The Basics (use for CRIM 101)
- CRIM 103: Psychological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior - Library Research Guide
- PowerPoint (Spring 2024 - Includes Library Bonus Assignment Information)
- CRIM 210: Law, Youth and Young Offenders
- PowerPoint (Spring 2020 - Burnaby)
- CRIM 220: Research Methods in Criminology
- CRIM 321: Qualitative Research Methods in Criminology
- CRIM 330: Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Fall 2019)
- CRIM 459: Organized Crime (Spring 2019)
- CRIM 491 Honours Cohort (Fall 2023)
- CRIM 860 (Fall 2023)
- PowerPoint
- Google doc (database exercise)
New Criminology books
- Family violence and abuse : an encyclopedia of trends, issues, and solutions /
- Global terrorism : a reference handbook /
- Organized environmental crime : black markets in gold, wildlife, and timber /
- Milk of paradise : a history of opium /
- Teaching literature and writing in prisons /
- The suicide magnet : inside the battle to erect a safety barrier on Toronto's Bloor viaduct /
- Measuring Law Enforcement Suicide : Challenges and Opportunities /
- Animals as crime victims /
- The Australian gamble : organized crime Down Under /
- Terrorism through the ages /
- The policing machine : enforcement, endorsements, and the illusion of public input /
- Starkweather : the untold story of the killing spree that changed America /
- Countermobilization : policy feedback and backlash in a polarized age /
- Correction : parole, prison, and the possibility of change /
- Among the bros : a fraternity crime story /