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Criminal Justice

Library of Congress Classification Class HV - Criminal Justice

  • HV - Social Pathology, Social & Public Welfare, Criminology
  • BF - Psychology
  • J - Political Science & Public Policy
  • K - Law (General)
  • R - Medicine (including public and mental health)

 

Text reads read call numbers line by line: Read the first line in alphabetical order. Read the second line as a whole number. The third line is a combination of a letter and numbers. Read the letter alphabetically and the numbers as decimals. At the bottom of a call number is the year and item was published.

Print Resources in the Library

  • APA Handbook:
    BF 636.6 A63 2012
  • Encyclopedia of Race & Crime
    HV 6789 E43 2009
  • International Handbook of Penology & Criminal Justice
    HV 7405 I59 2008
  • American Dictionary of Criminal Justice
    HV 7411 C48 2005
  • Statistical Analysis in Criminal Justice & Criminology
    HV 7415 V57 2008
  • Dictionary of Criminal Justice
    HV 8195 A2 J69 2010
  • Prentice-Hall's Dictionary of American Criminal Justice, Criminology, & Criminal Law
    KF 9223 A68 F35 2010

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How to Read a Library of Congress Call Number

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