Obtaining Publications

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource that offers juvenile and criminal justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development. Federal sponsors include the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Office of Justice Programs' offices and bureaus, other DOJ agencies, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Executive Office of the President.

One of the many services offered is the NCJRS Library and its online, searchable Abstracts Database, one of the largest in the world. The Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 185,000 products from the early 1970s to the present and has full-text links to more than 7,000 publications. Topics include gun crime, firearms use, law enforcement, victims, corrections, drugs and crime, and juvenile justice.

The NCJRS Library offers several ways to obtain products. Most of the titles are available online through the NCJRS Web site, see Publications/Products to view online or place an online order for a paper copy.

For other requests or questions, contact NCJRS.