Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Rieger, Lisa, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Lee, Nella
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1991
• Subjects: Alaska Natives; Alaska Sentencing Commission (1990–1993); Bethel; Alaska; bush justice; courts; crime; crime statistics; National Crime Survey; rape; rural justice; sentencing; sexual assault; victims of crime; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; Yukon; Kuskokwim; Yup'ik; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10807

The Winter 1991 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum discusses the first year of work by the Alaska Sentencing Commission, which was created by an act of the Alaska Legislature to evaluate the effect of sentencing laws and practices on Alaska's criminal justice system and to recommend improvements in criminal sentencing practices. The Bureau of Justice Statistics presents a detailed examination of data on rape from the National Crime Survey for 1973 to 1987. Crime statistics for sixteen predominately Yup'ik villages in the Bethel area of Alaska for 1983–1987 are presented. "Sentencing Commission Releases Annual Report" by Lisa Rieger / "Female Victims of Rape (A BJS Report)" / "Offenses Reported in the Bethel Region, 1983–1987" by Nella Lee / "Library Resources"