1. Psychology 3313 Criminal Psychology

2. What we’ll do today  How to approach the research for this presentation  Appropriate resources  American cases, Canadian cases  Legal journals and criminology research  Newspapers and other media  Where to go for help  Questions?

3. How to approach this assignment: 1. Dismantle your topic (see next slide) 2. Research by the location of your case 3. Understand that not all information you want will be available

4. 1. Dismantle your topic  Find the following information to make researching easy(er):  Legal system/location of trial  Parties involved  Accused, victims, lawyers, judges  Date of investigation  Details of the case  Case number? Official title?

5. Where to find this information?  Lexis Nexis Academic  www.lib.uwo.ca/databases - L www.lib.uwo.ca/databases  Wikipedia  Books on your topic

6. 2. Research by location  Many of the following resources organize information geographically (e.g. where did crime occur; where was accused arrested)  Types of Information a) Case law b) Legal research c) Criminology research d) News and media coverage e) Government legislation

7. a) Case Law - Canadian  Westlaw Canada  Best resource - BUT! Only available on library computers, not through remote Off Campus login OR Wireless  http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/search/xW%20Databases http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/search/xW%20Databases  Canadian Legal Information Institute  If you’re off campus  http://www.canlii.org/en/index.php http://www.canlii.org/en/index.php

8. You could also try  Supreme Court of Canada - Judgments  http://scc.lexum.org/en/index.html http://scc.lexum.org/en/index.html  Criminal Spectrum  Access through catalogue  http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/record=b5583854 http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/record=b5583854  Searching through Provincial Supreme Courts websites  Asking the Law Library for assistance (contact information on later slide)

9. a) Case Law - American  Westlaw Canada  Best resource - BUT! Only available on library computers, not through remote Off Campus login OR Wirelss  http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/search/xW%20Databases http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/search/xW%20Databases  Supreme Court of the United States  http://www.supremecourt.gov/ http://www.supremecourt.gov/  Search for State Supreme Courts  E.g. Aileen Wuornos v. Supreme Court of Florida  Cornell Legal Information Institute  http://www.law.cornell.edu/ http://www.law.cornell.edu/  More links:  http://www.lib.uwo.ca/law/uscaselaw.html *Note: some URL’s are outdated http://www.lib.uwo.ca/law/uscaselaw.html

10. International  Westlaw Canada  Best resource - BUT! Only available on library computers, not through remote Off Campus login OR Wirelss  http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/search/xW%20Databases http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/search/xW%20Databases  Search court websites  Ask a librarian for assistance  Questions to ask yourself:  Will your case documents be in English?  Are you sure case information will be available here in Canada?

11. b) Legal Journals and Databases  Westlaw Canada  Criminal Justice Abstracts  Hein-On-Line  Criminal Justice Collection  Legal Trac  To start: www.lib.uwo.ca/databaseswww.lib.uwo.ca/databases

12. c) Criminology Research  Traditional academic databases  www.lib.uwo.ca/databases www.lib.uwo.ca/databases  PsycINFO  Criminal Justice Abstracts  Criminal Pleadings & Practice in Canada  JSTOR  Sociological Abstracts

13. d) Newspapers  Summon  To start: www.brescia.uwo.ca/academics/library/index.htmlwww.brescia.uwo.ca/academics/library/index.html  Summon set to automatically exclude newspapers  Databases:  Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies  Lexis Nexis  Factiva

14. d) Other Media  YouTube  www.youtube.com www.youtube.com  Check TV channel news archives  CBC Digital Archives  http://archives.cbc.ca http://archives.cbc.ca  CTV News Stox  http://stox.ctv.ca/ http://stox.ctv.ca/  ABC News VideoSource  http://www.abcnewsvsource.com/ http://www.abcnewsvsource.com/  NBCUniversal Archives  http://www.nbcuniversalarchives.com/ http://www.nbcuniversalarchives.com/

15. e) Legislation  Canadian  Department of Justice: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/  Passed regulations  LEGISInfo: http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/  Current bills  American  Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.phphttp://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php  Consider Provincial or State legislation where appropriate

16. 3) It won’t all be available  What will be hard to find?  Police investigation/interrogation records  Information not presented in trials

17. If you need more help…  Law Library  Email their reference desk: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/contact/lawlibraryreferenceservices.html http://www.lib.uwo.ca/contact/lawlibraryreferenceservices.html  Beryl Ivey Library  Email: beryliveylibrary@uwo.caberyliveylibrary@uwo.ca  Phone: 519.432.8353 x28250  Blog: http://beryliveylibrary.wordpress.comhttp://beryliveylibrary.wordpress.com

18.  Questions?

19. What we’ll do today  How to approach the research for this presentation  Appropriate resources  American cases, Canadian cases  Where to go for help  Questions?