(TITLES FROM 32 OF THE PERIODICALS ARE AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM FROM UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS.) ALTHOUGH SOME PERIODICALS ARE NOT INDEXED THROUGH THE LAST ISSUE OF 1975, THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE THREE-PART 1976 CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERIODICAL INDEX WILL INCLUDE THEM. INDEXING CONSISTENCY WAS MAINTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF A CONTROLLED THESAURUS THAT WAS DEVELOPED FROM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS (WITH SUPPLEMENTS TO INCLUDE RELEVANT NEW TERMINOLOGY). A USER'S GUIDE AND A LIST OF THE PUBLISHERS OF THE INDEXED JOURNAL ARE PROVIDED. (SNI ABSTRACT)