Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Angell, John E., Endell, Roger V., Bureau of Justice Statistics, Schafer, N. E.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1987
• Subjects: Alaska Department of Corrections; Alaska Judicial Council; Anchorage; Alaska; Canada; correctional populations; corrections; criminal history record information; drugs & drug abuse; England; Matanuska-Susitna Borough; parole; prisons; probation; public opinion survey; West Germany; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10818

The Alaska Justice Forum has resumed publication after a seven-year hiatus. The original Forum was published from 1977 to 1980. The Spring 1987 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on the implementation of Offender-Based State Correctional Information System (OBSCIS) by the Alaska Department of Corrections; a Bureau of Justice Statistics study estimating the likelihood of imprisonment for persons arrested for robbery, burglary, or theft in the U.S., Canada, England, and West Germany; and preliminary results of a study assessing the impact on Alaska of participation in the Interstate Compact for Probation and Parole; and results of a public opinion poll showing that a majority of Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents oppose selection of Fire Island as a site for a long-term correctional facility. Briefer items address the appointment by Governor Steve Cowper of a committee to coordinate Alaska's implementation of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and two new Alaska Judicial Council research reports. March 1987 population figures for Alaska Department of Corrections facilities are presented. "The Forum Returns" by John E. Angell / "OBSCIS: A Correctional Management Tool" by Roger V. Endell / "Anti-Drug Abuse Act" / "Alaska Department of Corrections Profile of Population" "Imprisonment in Four Countries (A BJS Report)" / "Judicial Council Reports" / "Public Opposes Fire Island" / "State Participation in Compact Needs Study" by N.E. Schafer