Alaska Justice Forum
The Summer 1991 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents data from a study of crime in five unnamed Athabascan villages in central Alaska from 1985 through 1990; extracts from Village Public Safety Officer and Alaska State Trooper reports provide concrete details of individual incidents and a sens...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/3285 2023-05-15T15:26:10+02:00 Alaska Justice Forum Vol. 8, No. 2 (Summer 1991) Marenin, Otwin Bureau of Justice Statistics Barnes, Allan R. Criminal Justice Statistics Association 1991-06-01 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3285 en_US eng Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage Alaska Justice Forum 8(2), Summer 1991 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3285 Alaska Justice Forum Alaska Department of Public Safety Alaska Natives Alaska State Troopers bush justice crime crime statistics criminal case processing criminal law criminal offenders legislation Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) paraprofessional police rural justice Village Public Safety Officers (VPSO) Journal 1991 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:35:59Z The Summer 1991 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents data from a study of crime in five unnamed Athabascan villages in central Alaska from 1985 through 1990; extracts from Village Public Safety Officer and Alaska State Trooper reports provide concrete details of individual incidents and a sense of context. The Offender-Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) program of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, which tracks adult offenders from the point of entry into the criminal justice system through final disposition; OBTS data from eight U.S. states, including Alaska, indicate that for every 100 persons arrested for a felony in 1988, 81 were prosecuted, 59 were convicted, 39 were sentenced to incarceration, and 10 were committed to a state prison, usually for more than a year. Key provisions of the federal Violent Crime Control Act of 1991, awaiting final passage, are described. "Patterns of Reported Crime in Alaska Villages" by Otwin Marenin / "Tracking Offenders, 1988 (A BJS Report)" / "Violent Crime Control Act of 1991" by the Criminal Justice Statistics Association / "Alaska OBTS" by Allan R. Barnes Journal/Newspaper Athabascan Alaska Alaska Justice Forum University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA |
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Alaska Department of Public Safety Alaska Natives Alaska State Troopers bush justice crime crime statistics criminal case processing criminal law criminal offenders legislation Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) paraprofessional police rural justice Village Public Safety Officers (VPSO) Marenin, Otwin Bureau of Justice Statistics Barnes, Allan R. Criminal Justice Statistics Association Alaska Justice Forum |
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Alaska Department of Public Safety Alaska Natives Alaska State Troopers bush justice crime crime statistics criminal case processing criminal law criminal offenders legislation Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) paraprofessional police rural justice Village Public Safety Officers (VPSO) |
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The Summer 1991 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents data from a study of crime in five unnamed Athabascan villages in central Alaska from 1985 through 1990; extracts from Village Public Safety Officer and Alaska State Trooper reports provide concrete details of individual incidents and a sense of context. The Offender-Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) program of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, which tracks adult offenders from the point of entry into the criminal justice system through final disposition; OBTS data from eight U.S. states, including Alaska, indicate that for every 100 persons arrested for a felony in 1988, 81 were prosecuted, 59 were convicted, 39 were sentenced to incarceration, and 10 were committed to a state prison, usually for more than a year. Key provisions of the federal Violent Crime Control Act of 1991, awaiting final passage, are described. "Patterns of Reported Crime in Alaska Villages" by Otwin Marenin / "Tracking Offenders, 1988 (A BJS Report)" / "Violent Crime Control Act of 1991" by the Criminal Justice Statistics Association / "Alaska OBTS" by Allan R. Barnes |
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Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage |
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Athabascan Alaska Alaska Justice Forum |
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