Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Myrstol, Brad A., Cravez, Pamela, UAA Justice Center
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 2018
• Subjects: Alaska Department of Public Safety; Alaska State Troopers; Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS); Aleutian Islands; AK; corrections; criminal case processing; diversion programs; domestic violence; intimate partner violence (IPV); law enforcement; Matanuska-Susitna Borough; mental health; offender reentry; paraprofessional police; police; Pribilof Islands; recidivism; rural justice; sexual abuse of minors; sexual assault; Valdez-Cordova Census Area; victims of crime; violence against women; Alaska; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8230

Print edition PDF is of the Spring 2018 issue as printed and mailed to subscribers, with complete reference lists added. Online edition PDF compiles expanded versions of print stories that appeared in the Spring 2018 online edition, which are also available individually. The Spring 2018 print edition of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs) as first responders in sexual abuse of a minor and sexual assault cases, findings from the 2014–2015 Alaska Victimization Survey for the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, Alaska's progress on the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, and a review of a book on the Sequential Intercept Model, which offers conceptual points at which a person with serious mental illness could be diverted from the criminal justice system. The Spring 2018 online edition includes expanded versions of print stories. Grant No. 2013-VW-CX-001 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (VPSO story); Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Alaska Department of Public Safety (Alaska Victimization Survey story) "High referral rate for VPSO-assisted sex assault cases" by Brad A. Myrstol / "Myrstol is new Justice Center Director" (editor's note) by Pamela Cravez / "Alaska Victimization Survey: Aleutian/Pribilof Islands" / "Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Alaska making progress" by Pamela Cravez / "Sequential Intercept Model: Framework for a ‘wicked problem’" by Pamela Cravez / References for the Spring 2018 print issue