Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: UAA Justice Center, Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1995
• Subjects: Alaska Natives; bush justice; community survey; criminal case processing; domestic violence; fear of crime; homicide; intimate partner violence (IPV); public opinion survey; public safety; rural justice; violent death; Anchorage; Fairbanks; Alaska; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3268

The Fall 1995 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents the second of two articles reporting results of a statewide public opinion survey on community and public safety problems in Alaska; responses about quality of life, community satisfaction, fear of crime, crime trends, and willingness to help with public safety activities are presented by area (Southeast Alaska, Valdez/Kenai/Mat-Su, Anchorage, Fairbanks, rural Alaska, and total statewide). A Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that, of an estimated 9,600 murder defendants in the nation's 75 most populous counties in 1988, six percent (an estimated 540 defendants) were persons charged with murdering their spouses. "Public Safety and Quality of Life: Alaska Perceptions" / "Spouse Murder Defendants in Large Urban Counties (A BJS Report)"