Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: UAA Justice Center, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Miller, Roger C., Atwell, Cassie
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1995
• Subjects: campus crime; civil law; community survey; courts; crime; public opinion survey; public safety; rural justice; University of Alaska; Anchorage; Alaska; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3269

The Summer 1995 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents the first of two articles of a 1994 statewide public opinion survey on community and public safety problems (and proposed solutions) in Alaska. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports results from a study of tort cases in state courts, finding that during a one-year period ending in 1992, state courts of general jurisdiction in the nation's 75 largest counties disposed of an estimated 378,000 tort cases involving 1.4 million plaintiffs and defendants. According to 1991–1994 offense and arrest statistics compiled by the Justice Center under the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act (CACSA) of 1990, University of Alaska Anchorage educational and research sites are relatively free from serious crimes. "Community Problems in Alaska: Public Perceptions" / "Study of Tort Cases (A BJS Report)" / "Crimes and Arrests on the UAA Campus" by Roger C. Miller & Cassie Atwell / "1996–97 Judicial Fellows Program"