Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Carns, Teresa W., Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 1993
• Subjects: Alaska Judicial Council; Alaska Natives; Anchorage; Alaska; bush justice; corrections; correctional inmates; courts; criminal history record information; Fairbanks; health; HIV & AIDS; homicide; Juneau; rural justice; tribal courts; violent death; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3276

The Fall 1993 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum describes several Alaska Judicial Council studies which document the increased attention to rural justice from 1987, when more than 100 villages throughout the state lacked resident justice services beyond the presence of a Village Police Officer (VPSO) or Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO), to 1993, with more than 100 tribal courts and councils providing services to residents of their communities. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that In 1991, 2.2 percent of federal and state prison inmates were reported to have the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. Findings from a 1992 assessment review of Alaska criminal history data and Alaska's compliance with the FBI/BJS voluntary reporting standards are described. Statistics from from 1988 to 1992 on murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Alaska overall are presented. "A Picture of Rural Justice: Alaska Judicial Council Studies" by Teresa W. Carns / "HIV in U.S. Prisons (A BJS Report)" / "Alaska Criminal History Data" / "Homicide in Alaska: 1975–1992"