Is the Rate of Property Crime Increasing in Alaska? [transcript]

• Main Authors: Myrstol, Brad A., Cravez, Pamela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 2017
• Subjects: Anchorage; Alaska; burglary; crime in Alaska; Fairbanks; Juneau; Kenai; larceny theft; motor vehicle theft (MVT); North Slope Borough; Palmer; property crime; shoplifting; Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); transcript; video and DVD; north slope; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8086

This is a transcript of a video presentation which can be found at https://youtu.be/HiQqNyDgmas. Is the rate of property crime increasing in Alaska? Data from six Alaska jurisdictions show it’s a complex question. Dr. Brad Myrstol, interim Justice Center director developed a series of graphs to show how the rate of property crime in Alaska is impacted by factors including time, place of crime and type of crime. This presentation focuses on the property crimes of larceny-theft, shoplifting (which is a subcategory of larceny), burglary, and motor vehicle theft. The time period is from 1985 to 2016. The jurisdictions reviewed are: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai, North Slope Borough and Palmer. Each use the Uniform Crime Reports to report data. This is a transcript of the video presentation "Property Crime Rates 1985–2016: Is the Rate of Property Crime Increasing in Alaska? Trend Data from Six Alaska Police Agencies" which can be found at https://youtu.be/HiQqNyDgmas. Graphs by Brad A. Myrstol; produced & narrated by Pamela Cravez.