The institute’s library is currently equipped with about 48,000 books, subscribes to 80 periodicals and provides access to numerous e-journals. The library mainly contains literature on criminology and criminal policy concerning the following topics: general criminology, penology, crime statistics, police research, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and measures to fight against crime (i.e. law enforcement, prison system, aftercare). The collection of articles at the Institute of Criminology includes about 9,000 special prints from national and international journals relevant to criminological research.
Criminological Information Service
Since 2014, the Institute of Criminology has run the Criminological Information Service (FID Kriminologie) in close cooperation with the University Library Tübingen. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
KrimDok
KrimDok is a bibliographical reference system for criminological literature. The database consists of various literature and book stocks and also contains references of journals and collections, digital documents as well as grey literature. All references can be researched by utilizing just one search interface.
https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/