Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Carns, Teresa W., Bureau of Justice Statistics, UAA Justice Center
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 2002
• Subjects: Alaska Court System; Alaska Department of Corrections; Alaska Judicial Council; Anchorage; Alaska; correctional inmates; corrections; courts; criminal justice; Juneau; justice system employment; justice system expenditures; mental health; restorative justice; therapeutic courts; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3243

The Winter 2002 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum focuses on mental health and the justice system, with two articles about Anchorage Mental Health Court, one of the first four mental health courts in the U.S.; a description of several therapeutic court projects being implemented by the Alaska Court System; and a discussion of the mentally ill in correctional institutions in Alaska and nationwide where, in 2000, one in every eight state prisoners was receiving some mental health therapy or counseling services. An additional article presents figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on justice system expenditures in Alaska and the nation. "The Court Coordinated Resources Project—Mental Health Court in Alaska" / "Evaluating the Anchorage Mental Health Court" by Teresa White Carns / "Alaska Therapeutic Court Projects" / "Corrections and the Mentally Ill" /. "Justice System Expenditures in Alaska and the Nation (a BJS Report)" by Bureau of Justice Statistics / "André Rosay"