NCJ Number
94700
Date Published
1984
Length
406 pages
Annotation
The National Criminal Justice Thesaurus contains listings of descriptors or terms used to index literature in the National Institute of Justice/NCJRS document data base and to retrieve information about the literature for users of the service.
Abstract
Two types of terms are listed: descriptors and synonyms or near synonyms. Scope notes explain the specific use of a term in the NCJRS system. The 'used for' entry shows the user that the descriptor includes a certain concept. A 'narrower term' entry denotes a hierarchical relationship between the main descriptor and a more specific term. A 'broader term' entry is the reciprocal of the narrower term entry. The 'related term' entries alerts the user to other terms. Geographic descriptors are provided in a separate section. A 'keyword-out-of-context' list is provided to assist in finding the proper descriptors.