Subject Guides: Criminal Justice: Public Policy

Policy Documents and Analysis

Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Resource for the identification of public policy research and analysis.
CRS Reports (Congressional Research Service) This link opens in a new window
Congressional Research Service Reports provide a variety of in-depth policy analysis and background summaries on every subject of interest to Congress.

CRS Reports (via ProQuest Congressional)
Same CRS content, different interface. Change search preferences to remove or add additional Congressional documents such as committee hearings and reports to search results.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of research and analysis in international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies.Types of publications include working papers, policy briefs, current analysis and commentary, scholarly journal articles, e-books, and videos.
CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
1945-2008. Updated: Every 4 years.
Congress and the Nation is a summary of Congressional policy and legislative action during the presidency since 1945. Organized into broad topics.

Congressional Digest via Academic Search Premier
Oct. 1921 to present.
Monthly reports on the pros and cons, background and verbatim arguments of legislation before Congress, each issue dealing with one law under consideration. A cumulative index (pdf) of all topics from 1921 to 2010 is available online.
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AU Library also has microform of the Congressional Digest from 1989-present on site and print volumes from 1951-2011 in storage see catalog record.

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new window
Collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents. From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

National Defense University Press
Scholarship produced by the National Defense University Press on defense and national security issues and policies. Includes books, the journals Joint Force Quarterly and PRISM, and magazines.

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