| Summary: | A $183,000 LEAA grant will enable the Alaska Division of Corrections to develop a correctional master plan for improving the statewide correctional system; and the staff counsel of the Alaska Criminal Code Revision Subcommission describes the circumstances in which the use of force, or threat to use force, is justifiable and not a criminal offense under the proposed Revised Alaska Criminal Code. Other articles in the November 1977 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum examines the North Slope Borough Department of Public Safety's initiation in January 1977 of apprehension and short-term detention of intoxicated persons; and highlights the Alaska Supreme Court's concern with the effect of mounting caseloads. Also included are a digest of recent Alaska Supreme Court opinions, announcements of upcoming conferences and seminars, and a justice training calendar. Grant 77-A-006 of the Governor's Commission on the Administration of Justice, State of Alaska "Corrections Master Plan to Come" by Roger Endell / "Legislators Featured at Conference" / "Revised Code Defines Use of Force" by Barry Stern / "North Slope Launches Detention Program" by Kim Moeller / "Which Way, Supreme Court?" by John Havelock / "Justice Training Calendar" / "Recent Alaska Supreme Court Decisions" / "Seminars Will Examine Code" / "Contribute!"
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