A literature review is a document or section of a document that collects key sources on a topic and discusses those sources in conversation with each other (also called synthesis). The lit review is an important genre in many disciplines, not just literature (i.e., the study of works of literature such as novels and plays). When we say “literature review” or refer to “the literature,” we are talking about the research (scholarship) in a given field. You will often see the terms “the research,” “the scholarship,” and “the literature” used mostly interchangeably. (from Purdue OWL)
A literature review should include:
Content: Scholarly articles covering all areas in the criminal justice field.
Content: Full text coverage of social sciences including addiction studies, family studies, gender studies, psychology, social work, and urban studies.
Content: Legal journals, government documents, foreign and international law materials, legal classics, and world trials.
Content: A wide range of academic literature, drawing from journal publishers, university repositories, and other scholarly websites. Use the “cited” and “cited by” buttons below the results to view related scholarly literature on a topic.
Content: Focused on the information needed for daily experiences in the justice professions.
Content: Focuses on government and policy reports that solidify the topics in a cultural context.
Content: Full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts from major networks. Click on “Publications” at the top of the page to find a specific news outlet.
Content: All fields of psychology - abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social, and applied.
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