Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Endell, Roger V., UAA Criminal Justice Center
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Criminal Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1979
• Subjects: Alaska Court System; Alaska Department of Public Safety; Alaska Division of Corrections; Alaska Legislature; Alaska Superior Court; Alaska Supreme Court; Anchorage; Alaska; appellate courts; corrections; courts; criminal appeals; criminal justice; jails; justice education; law enforcement; legislation; police; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10827

The March 1979 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features the first of two articles reporting on a national symposium on police higher education; the final order of Anchorage Superior Court Judge James K. Singleton in the case of Moseley v. Beirne, a class action suit attacking conditions and overcrowding in the Southcentral Correctional Center Annex (Sixth Avenue Jail) in Anchorage; the appointment of Bill Nix as Commissioner of Public Safety; the appointment of Charles F. Campbell as Director of the Alaska Division of Corrections; and a bill to establish an intermediate court of appeals as proposed by the Alaska Court System. Also included are digests of recent Alaska Supreme Court opinions, points brought up in criminal appeals cases, and proposed legislation, and the announcement of an upcoming judicial conferences. Grant 77-A-032 of the Governor's Commission on the Administration of Justice, State of Alaska "Police Education Debate (Part 1)" by Roger V. Endell / "Judge Singleton Enters Final Order for Anchorage Jail Annex" / "Public Safety Commissioner" / "New Director of Corrections" / "Court of Appeals Proposed" / "Annual Judicial Conference" / "Opinions of Note" / "Points on Appeal" / "Proposed Legislation"