Alaska Justice Forum

A study of Alaska prisoners, described in the Fall 1998 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum, finds that long-term inmates in Alaska prisons show evidence of having experienced a high rate of abuse during their childhoods; the study examined the issue of a “cycle of violence” and sought out correlates...

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Main Authors:	UAA Justice Center, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Format:	Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1998
Subjects:	Alaska Department of Corrections Alaska Judicial Council Alaska Natives bush justice child abuse & neglect correctional inmates correctional populations corrections courts cycle of violence minorities probation racial disproportionality rural justice Alaska Alaska Justice Forum
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3256

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spelling	ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/3256 2023-05-15T18:48:05+02:00 Alaska Justice Forum Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 1998) UAA Justice Center Bureau of Justice Statistics 1998-09-01 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3256 en_US eng Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage Alaska Justice Forum 15(3), Fall 1998 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3256 Alaska Justice Forum Alaska Department of Corrections Alaska Judicial Council Alaska Natives bush justice child abuse & neglect correctional inmates correctional populations corrections courts cycle of violence minorities probation racial disproportionality rural justice Journal 1998 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:35:59Z A study of Alaska prisoners, described in the Fall 1998 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum, finds that long-term inmates in Alaska prisons show evidence of having experienced a high rate of abuse during their childhoods; the study examined the issue of a “cycle of violence” and sought out correlates of abuse which may have an impact on offense patterns or inmate behavior. A Bureau of Justice Statistics report finds that the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal or state correctional systems grew 5.2 percent during 1997. An Alaska Judicial Council study of felony probation revocation cases found that the reasons for revocation of probation status for Alaska Natives did not differ from those underlying revocation for non-Native offenders, but did find some difference by ethnicity for the original conditions of probation. "Inmate Histories: Evidence of Childhood Abuse" / "Prisoners in the U.S. in 1997 (A BJS Report)" / "Probation Revocation and Ethnicity" "Justice Center Project Highlights" Journal/Newspaper Alaska Alaska Justice Forum University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA
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spellingShingle	Alaska Department of Corrections Alaska Judicial Council Alaska Natives bush justice child abuse & neglect correctional inmates correctional populations corrections courts cycle of violence minorities probation racial disproportionality rural justice UAA Justice Center Bureau of Justice Statistics Alaska Justice Forum
topic_facet	Alaska Department of Corrections Alaska Judicial Council Alaska Natives bush justice child abuse & neglect correctional inmates correctional populations corrections courts cycle of violence minorities probation racial disproportionality rural justice
description	A study of Alaska prisoners, described in the Fall 1998 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum, finds that long-term inmates in Alaska prisons show evidence of having experienced a high rate of abuse during their childhoods; the study examined the issue of a “cycle of violence” and sought out correlates of abuse which may have an impact on offense patterns or inmate behavior. A Bureau of Justice Statistics report finds that the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal or state correctional systems grew 5.2 percent during 1997. An Alaska Judicial Council study of felony probation revocation cases found that the reasons for revocation of probation status for Alaska Natives did not differ from those underlying revocation for non-Native offenders, but did find some difference by ethnicity for the original conditions of probation. "Inmate Histories: Evidence of Childhood Abuse" / "Prisoners in the U.S. in 1997 (A BJS Report)" / "Probation Revocation and Ethnicity" "Justice Center Project Highlights"
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title	Alaska Justice Forum
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Alaska Justice Forum

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