Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: King, Rachel, Schafer, N. E.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1998
• Subjects: Alaska Natives; bush justice; corrections; courts; criminal defense; disproportionate minority contact (DMC) with criminal justice system; indigent legal services; juvenile justice; Ketchikan; Alaska; Kodiak; Kotzebue; minorities; prison; public defender; racial disproportionality; rural justice; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3258

In the Spring 1998 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum, an assistant public defender who served from 1991 to 1994 in three jurisdictions in rural Alaska — Ketchikan, Kodiak, and Kotzebue — focuses on the situation of rural Alaska Natives to describe how several structural aspects of the criminal justice may contribute to the overrepresentation of Alaska Natives in the Alaska prison system. The second phase of a Justice Center study of racial disproportionality in juvenile referrals in Alaska looks at 33 youth who had five or more referrals, examining individual criminal histories and family backgrounds as revealed in the files, and notes noted that juveniles from rural communities sometimes received referrals for behavior that would have been handled informally in urban settings. "Criminal Defense in Rural Alaska" by Rachel King / "Juvenile Referrals: An In-Depth Look" by N.E. Schafer / "Justice Center Project Highlights"