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Criminology: Books

Recommended Books

Criminology Books:

Many books for Criminology begin with the call number HV and are shelved on the first floor of the Central Library.  Many more books with related and/or specific topics can be found throughout the Library's collections.  Find them by searching Library Search | Ketu and/or check out the recommended books below.

Comparative Law:

Criminology is a popular comparative law subject, that is, to study the same laws from different jurisdictions (countries). Most textbooks in the Law Library on Criminology are in the Comparative Law section, at KB300 on the 7th floor.

If you find references to cases or legislation from countries beyond New Zealand, try WORLDLII.org or see the Law Librarian for assistance.

Finding a Book - Frequently Asked Questions

You can request an interloan of any book we don’t hold. For instructions on how to do this, check out the interloans webpage. This is a free service, unless we need to go beyond NZ or Australia to find the book. We will check with you of that is the case. You can also request a scan of a book chapter that we don’t hold, for free, using the same request method.

For information on requesting books from Storage check out this Library FAQ entry. You might find the Library FAQ helpful for other questions you have about using the library.

You can request the book and it will be recalled off the current borrower. Click here for information about how to do this.

The current borrower will immediately receive an email telling them that they have to return the book in two weeks. You will receive an email notification when the book has been returned from the current borrower, and waiting for you to pick it up on the hold shelf.

You can request a scan of a book chapter, or an article if the library only holds the journal in print.

Click here to watch a video about how to make a scan request.

eBooks - Frequently Asked Questions

Most of the time, the library doesn't provide access to an Ebook because the publisher of the book has not made a multi-user licence available.

Any individual can purchase (or rent) a copy of an Ebook that they can use themselves. When a library purchases (or rents) an Ebook, we have to purchase it on a licence that allows more than one person to use the Ebook. Sometimes publishers do not make these licences available. If that is the case, the best option for the library is to purchase a print copy so that we can all access the book.

Sometimes, only a few people are able to access an Ebook at any one time. In this case, you might just have to try accessing it again later.

Other times, each individual can only have access to a limited amount of the book at any one time (for example, you can only download a limited amount of chapters before you reach the copyright limit), and/or for only a short period of time (for example a day or a week). In these cases, you also might have to wait and try to access it again in a day or two.

And sometimes, we might have an Ebook listed on the catalogue in anticipation of someone wanting to access it, but we haven’t actually purchased it yet. In this situation, you just have to request access, and that will normally be approved quite rapidly.

In all cases, if you are having trouble accessing an Ebook, contact either the Eresources team (you can ‘report an issue’ via Library Search | Ketu or email them) or contact your Subject Librarian.