Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Riley, John, UAA Justice Center
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1998
• Subjects: Alaska Department of Corrections; Alaska Statutes; arrests & arrest statistics; correctional officers; corrections; courts; criminal history record information; juvenile courts; juvenile justice; juvenile waivers; prison; property crime; Seward; Alaska; Riley; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3259

The Winter 1998 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features several articles on juvenile justice, including figures on juvenile arrests in Alaska over from 1987 to 1996, during which the Alaska juvenile arrest rate actually declined; the provisions under Alaska Statutes for juveniles to be waivered into the adult justice system; and procedures and laws regarding the disclosure of records of juvenile offenders in Alaska and nationally. Research on the informal conversational patterns of correctional officers at Spring Creek Correctional Center, a maximum security prison in Seward, Alaska, shows how practices of cultural interpretation common to all work groups may pose particular public relations challenges to correctional officers and those who supervise them. "Alaska Juvenile Arrests: Basic Figures" / "Alaska Juveniles Waived into the Adult System" / "Sensemaking and the Stereotype of the Brutal Guard" by John Riley / "Juvenile Records in Alaska" / "National Perspective: Juvenile Justice Record Disclosure" / "Death Penalty Internet Site"