Recommended Reading 
Books in the Short Loan Collection are in the Course Materials list.
Reference Books
Reference books are an excellent place to start your research. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books.
For a guide to the literature, see the Criminology section in Oxford Bibliographies Online.
Other reference books:
- Bruce, Steve and Steven Yearley. 2006. The Sage Dictionary of Sociology. London: SAGE. Library copies
- Crossley, Nick. 2005. Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory. London: SAGE. Library copies
- Hickey, Eric, ed. 2003. Encyclopedia of Murder & Violent Crime. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
- Kurtz, Lester R., ed. 2008. Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace & Conflict. 2nd ed, San Diego: Academic Press.
- Osborne, Richard. 2002. Megawords: 200 Terms You Really Need to Know. London: SAGE. Library copies
- Newton, David E. 1996. Violence and the Media: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio. Library copies
- Ponzetti James J., ed. 2003. International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference. Library copies
- Renzetti, Claire M. and Jeffrey L. Edleson, eds. 2008. Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
- Ritzer, George, ed. 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
- Scott, John and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2005. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library copies
- Smith, Merril D., ed. 2004. Encyclopedia of Rape. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. Library copies
A couple of useful books for identifying key words and search terms:
- Knapp, Sarah. 2000. The Contemporary Thesaurus of Search Terms and Synonyms: A Guide for Natural Language Computer Searching. Phoenix: Oryx Press. Library copies
- Booth, Barbara. 1999. Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms. Bethesda, Md.: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Library copies
Library Catalogue
Search tips
- Use truncation symbols to find variant word endings.
Use the symbol * in The Catalogue and ? in Voyager.
Example: Search for stigma* to find stigma, stigmas, stigmatised, etc.
- Search for variant spellings: victimisation OR victimization
- Search for synonyms and related terms: domestic OR family
- Search for phrases in quotation marks: "domestic violence"
Examples:
"domestic violence" OR "family violence"
stigma* AND victim*
stigma* and (victim* or crim*)
Subject Headings
Subject headings in the catalogue do not always use the same terminology that we ordinarily use, eg the term "acquaintance rape" is used instead of "date rape", and you may need to look for related terms eg "animal welfare" instead of "animal abuse".
Journals
Two good sources for review articles are:
These are some of the journals relating to the sociology of violence. Have a look through recent issues of these journals to see the published results of current research.
Databases & Articles
To find more information on a topic, a good place to start is a database that indexes the articles in journals.
More databases are listed on the Sociology & Criminology resource pages.
Referencing and Plagiarism
Help with referencing:
Honesty and integrity are valued in all academic activities at The University of Auckland. This website provides information about the key principles and practices underlying academic honesty, and advice and resources: Academic Honesty and Plagiarism.
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